Comments on: How to build a Rails app in 48 hours http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/ Helping companies increase predicability and business agility. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:24:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jake http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-10223 jake Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:55:17 +0000 http://rorblog.techcfl.com/?p=586#comment-10223 Softies on Rails is a classic 'What have they actually built' blog. Not sure why anyone should take them as an authority. They're in that 1st wave of Rails Bloggers that capitalized on the lack of Rails info (in this case focused towards windows). Softies on Rails is a classic 'What have they actually built' blog. Not sure why anyone should take them as an authority. They're in that 1st wave of Rails Bloggers that capitalized on the lack of Rails info (in this case focused towards windows).

]]> By: Thom Parkin http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Thom Parkin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:49:00 +0000 http://rorblog.techcfl.com/?p=586#comment-7037 There is no way to properly "police" an event like this. The developer community has such a sense of camaraderie and 'fair play' it is distrubing to consider particpants might cheat. One of the real drains on time and resources for our small (two man) team was the tedious process of creating a server instance on the VPS provided. Having developed numerous Ruby on Rails sites on shared hosting it was unfamiliar territory. More so, it seems to be a bit out-of-scope for a DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION. I would propose that the teams have a short period prior to the start of the competition to construct the server. We might not have completely lost our motivation when it was the 20-something hour and we were first able to FTP to the site. There is no way to properly “police” an event like this. The developer community has such a sense of camaraderie and ‘fair play’ it is distrubing to consider particpants might cheat.
One of the real drains on time and resources for our small (two man) team was the tedious process of creating a server instance on the VPS provided.
Having developed numerous Ruby on Rails sites on shared hosting it was unfamiliar territory. More so, it seems to be a bit out-of-scope for a DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION.
I would propose that the teams have a short period prior to the start of the competition to construct the server. We might not have completely lost our motivation when it was the 20-something hour and we were first able to FTP to the site.

]]> By: First Days with Rails - jake http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-7035 First Days with Rails - jake Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:51:45 +0000 http://rorblog.techcfl.com/?p=586#comment-7035 [...] Fast forward to 2008 and the competition is still going on. This year, Rails Rumble 2008 was the place to be. A 48 hour competition to create the best Rails app EVAR! This year, as in all previous years, there was some baby mama drama... [...] [...] Fast forward to 2008 and the competition is still going on. This year, Rails Rumble 2008 was the place to be. A 48 hour competition to create the best Rails app EVAR! This year, as in all previous years, there was some baby mama drama… [...]

]]> By: jake http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-7034 jake Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:07:31 +0000 http://rorblog.techcfl.com/?p=586#comment-7034 Softies on Rails is a classic 'What have they actually built' blog. Not sure why anyone should take them as an authority. They're in that 1st wave of Rails Bloggers that capitalized on the lack of Rails info (in this case focused towards windows). Softies on Rails is a classic ‘What have they actually built’ blog. Not sure why anyone should take them as an authority. They’re in that 1st wave of Rails Bloggers that capitalized on the lack of Rails info (in this case focused towards windows).

]]> By: Justin http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2008/10/24/how-to-build-a-rails-app-in-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-7031 Justin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:34:25 +0000 http://rorblog.techcfl.com/?p=586#comment-7031 I think the upfront planning and having a full team of 4, complete with a designer who is comfortable in the rails views, is a big reason why we, and probably a lot of other teams, could whip up a very complete application in 48 hours. It's a shame that someone sees these and immediately assumes it is impossible, and therefore many of the teams were cheating. Even more of a shame that they then removed the post so no one could defend themselves against the accusations. Also, rails itself plays a huge part in the speed. One of the original goals of the rails rumble as I understood it (besides embracing constraints) was extolling the ease-of-development when using rails. But I guess one way of looking at all of this is if it looks like many teams must have cheated, that is ultimately a compliment to rails, and the teams involved. :) I think the upfront planning and having a full team of 4, complete with a designer who is comfortable in the rails views, is a big reason why we, and probably a lot of other teams, could whip up a very complete application in 48 hours. It’s a shame that someone sees these and immediately assumes it is impossible, and therefore many of the teams were cheating. Even more of a shame that they then removed the post so no one could defend themselves against the accusations.

Also, rails itself plays a huge part in the speed. One of the original goals of the rails rumble as I understood it (besides embracing constraints) was extolling the ease-of-development when using rails.

But I guess one way of looking at all of this is if it looks like many teams must have cheated, that is ultimately a compliment to rails, and the teams involved. :)

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