Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Zeldman Considers 2.0 Hype

A List Apart's Zeldman has some unkind words. However enamored one might be with Ruby on Rails, Zeldman's view is worth considering -- especially if you are about to launch an RoR or Web 2.0 project.

One issue for me is the "...if all you have is a hammer..." thing.

Many of us need rich clients. Its well to consider where Ajax fits the bill and where something like eclipse RCP (eRCP) fits the bill. Speaking of eRCP, there is some cool stuff coming out in the eclipse GMF and eclipse Forms.

RoR and eRCP are radically different ways of approaching rich clients. Simple projects can (and should) use a simple bag of tricks. Are all projects simple?

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