So I have been playing a little with Ruby on Rails. I have it up and running and it works in a way but I'm totally unconvinced that it's the answer to the ultimate question - or even the answer to writing database apps for the web.
Here's one little bit of code from a *very simple* tutorial example:-
<html> <head> <title>My todo list</title> </head>
<body> Not done:<br /> <%= display_items(@not_done) %>
<p> <hr size=3> <p>
Done:<br /> <%= display_items(@done) %>
<hr size=3> <form method="post" action="add_item"> New item: <%= text_field("new_item", "description") %> <input type="submit" value="Add item"> </form>
</body> </html>
If that's either structured or object oriented then I'm a purple hippopotamus! :-)
I think the fundamental problem is that HTML is a mess, until such time as that can be hidden somehow then I think we're stuck with rubbish like the above.
I was hoping that Ruby on Rails helped hide some of the above junk but apparently not.
Sorry - just felt like a bit of a rant! :-)