Chris Hartjes on Learning From Ruby on Rails
Chris Hartjes, you may remember him from php|works, has an article in the latest edition of php|architect. Building on his session at php|works, “What PHP can learn from Ruby”, Chris has put his thoughts down in print. Let’s steal a relevant quote, shall we?
Frameworks such as CakePHP and the Zend Framework are giving many developers a look at how to do things “the Rails way” using PHP, rather than Ruby. This is a good thing, and its potential shouldn’t be underestimated. By embracing the concepts that make Rails great, you can begin to improve your own code.
Chris’ five page article The article deals mainly with philosophical concepts rather than hard coding techniques. It discusses into topics like:
– Convention Over Configuration– Programmers Need Structure
– Rapid Should Mean Rapid
Chris does a good job of laying out his points. As with any article of this nature, you are going to agree with some of them and you’ll disagree with some of them. However, to get to that point you’ll have to consider all of them. That’s really the point of the article; making developer sit back and think for a minute. It’s well worth the read.
Not to sound like an ad or anything (because I am not affiliated with php|architect in any way) but if you don’t subscribe to the magazine, you may want to consider it. They always have some cool articles each month. They will even give you a trial issue for free, just ask them.
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