A Rosy Picture

have you ever played the game "petals of the rose" ?
my first run in with rails was like a bigger version of that game,
it took me a wile to figure out what was actually happening.
but once i did get my head around it, i started liking rails little by little.

yesterday i spent about 50 odd minutes to create a site, and that includes discussion with the client/partner !!

however, i still think i need another month or so, to trudge thru the API before i feel comfortable enough. yesterday i was telling some one that if i could do this site in perl or java servlets/jsp.. i could have finished it pretty fast.. today i realise that that thought was what was holding me back.

i was constatnly trying to think in terms of the reqest and response .. when i last dabled in website development, i used to parse each request and construct a response. well now you just put your resoonse in a place, and it gets picked up. so all you have to know is what to name stuff..

in my next post i will write a short summary that should help any one get uptospeed with rails.
cheers
ram