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DaveJ

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7. What usable language? Ruby?

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 08:11 AM

Apr 2013

Everyone's talking about how great Ruby is but I really do not spend much time struggling with server side code in the first place, so it's hard for me to contemplate any need for improvement.

I spend most my time trying to work with HTML/CSS/Javascript. If anything sucks, they suck. If I need something done in C,# I whip it up and it's done before I know it.

Does Ruby or any other language negate the need to deal with HTML/CSS/Javascript? If so that would be cool.

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reviving the 'php sucks' debate.. it's like Bank of America.. [View all] Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 OP

the $ugliness-> strikes me every time. nt napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #1

It's not the php as much as it is the wordpress plugin Merlot Apr 2013 #2

actually working with wordpress api Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #3

One of the reasons I dislike WP is the lack of good plugins Merlot Apr 2013 #4

yeh it's work.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #5

"Never mess with WP again." music to my ears Merlot Apr 2013 #6

What usable language? Ruby? DaveJ Apr 2013 #7

negate? no, but mediate? definitely. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #8

I'm not opposed to switching frameoworks DaveJ Apr 2013 #9

yep no point switching horses midstream.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #11

Does {{ item }} in that example usually contain a single variable or HTML output? DaveJ Apr 2013 #12

yeh be careful that sounds dangerous.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #13

I suppose nebenaube Apr 2013 #10

haha very funny dr. jones. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #14

I know that I'd prefer to work in Perl over PHP. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #17

Now that's just weird... nebenaube Jul 2013 #18

PHP arachadillo May 2013 #15

yeh there's no doubt that for all it's faults.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #16

hrumph... nebenaube Jul 2013 #19