Exploring Active Record

An anonymous reader writes "Everyone knows that no programming language is a perfect fit for every job. This article launches a 'new series by Bruce Tate that looks at ways other languages solve major problems and what those solutions mean to Java developers. He first explores Active Record, the persistence engine behind Ruby on Rails.'"

Re:rails

[syntaxglitch]

Meanwhile, people who actually understand the value of and principles underlying relational databases grit their teeth and fight the urge to beat people with blunt objects.

Not me, though. I never "got" relational database theory and am quite content to give people nightmares with my naive object-biased approach. :)

Uhhh....

[wbren]

Everyone knows that no programming language is a perfect fit for every job.

I program in raw machine code. It's a perfect fit for every job, every time!

Still looking for an IDE

[bogaboga]

I am still looking for a Ruby IDE on either Linux or Windows. May be I am looking for what does not esist, but my sense of an IDE is something like Access/VB for Microsoft's Jet Database Engine.

Here, we simply drag and drop then program the logic behind all those widgets we've dragged onto the form. I also looked for something in relation to Python but could not find anything! I taught VB myself using this method. Current IDEs I have looked at make things confusing. Am I looking for what does not exist? Hope not!

Re:Uhhh....

[A beautiful mind]

Bah, that's nothing! The first rule of starting a programming project:

Get five tons of sand and then...

Re:Uhhh....

[Ziviyr]

I guess the answer for that is "works great on IE!"

Re:Anyone else Railed-out?

[LuminaireX]

What if you forget a single function call at the beginning of one of those pages? If its like any other programming error, I go back and fix it

Re:Still looking for an IDE

[k2r]

> Here, we simply drag and drop then program the logic behind all those widgets
> I taught VB myself using this method.
> Current IDEs I have looked at make things confusing.

Nothing personal but: This explains much of the VB code I had the misfortune to see in my life.

k2r

No kayaking for once!

[LarsWestergren]

I'm amazed, a whole article by Bruce and not a single anecdote about kayaking. His writing is improving. :-)