The original impetus for this effort was two fold.
1. updated user experience since we are rolling out a much more capable site to replace a very simple one.
2. shifting our design methodology to MVC (Model-View-Controller)
our programmers have all of the back end coding under control and we were just looking for
someone to literally just build the front end in whatever tools and code that worked best.
We wanted to avoid flash and that left us with HTML5, AJAX, JSON, javascript and everything
you mentioned. When I think of non-proprietary development, I think of PLUG. I have met
a number of very capable people here and wanted to meet my goals and support the local
community at the same time.
In all candor, we have gotten a good number of proposals for this work and when I compare
the companies that were sent to me by the executive and marketing groups of my company
against the companies/contractors that I contacted through my efforts here, the local
community stacks up very well indeed. This group is full of very skilled professionals
and I enjoyed talking with all of them.
Ed
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:55:34 -0600
Subject: Re: RE: looking for recommendations for web development companies
From:
kfries6@gmail.com
To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
I started following this thread late, but it sounds as if you are looking for a flex+rails type of setup. Am I reading that right?
Rails is often thought of for ecommerce, and it is excellent in that role. When you step out of that role, role, rails usually falls apart as a desirable solution very quickly. One exception is as middleware for a client server app.
The end client could be flex (aka flash), all fancy and user friendly. The interface would establish a connection to a server (secured if needed) and send messages as xml, or even better a json. The Rails server would then act in proxy for the client and obtain the result from your back end app. Rails would then respond back, probably in xml ot json.
Rails is very flexible allowing additional functionlity as new controllers are added, or existing controllers are upgraded with new commands.
Was that what you were looking for?
Kevin Fries
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