i love MODx but...

I’m all for crazy-ambitious projects. I’m not a programmer so I can’t see the beauty in code between languages, interpreted or compiled. I find php makes sense for me as a web worker since it is the unnoficial 2nd language for the internet. I’d dare say even more so than JS.

If you love RoR, (and I do like the syntax from what I understand) it is by all means yours to undertake.

Cheers and all the best,

Jay

BTW: And while you are working on your CMSterpeiece feel free to help make modx better if you are so inclined. -J

I like ROR, it is fun. But after playing around with it on some projects and having to deal with poor hosting support (for small mid level sites, there is great high end hosting for rails but the low end stuff is iffy). I quickly returned to php and have no desire to mess with ROR anymore. It is also a young technology, which is changing all of the time, and I don’t have the patience to keep on top of it (mostly as it relates to the server environment; is mongrel good, load balancing, apache or nginx...), on the otherhand php/mysql (and modx) just run virtually on any environment.

@smashingred: i hoped to find more like-minded people who have already started converting MODx in RoR. In lack of ability and time i am the wrong person to start this project.


@dev_cw: yes, the deployment of RoR-Applications is a little bit tricky. My first time setting up a "real world needs" rails-server was a pain in the ass but meanwhile there are a lot of good tutorials and best practices for deployment.

joko, you’ll likely be looking for quite a tremendously very long while. No one is porting MODx to Rails that we are aware, and with what Revolution is brining to the table ... I’d double that time estimate.