Psst! HMIS Update

Team Lazarus have been good little worker gnomes – yet even they need a good and earned holiday break! We’re still on track with Project:Seraph – the codename for Digital Gnome’s HMIS.

I’m afraid though we were not immune to the Ruby on Rails vs CakePHP (or other PHP Web framework). We spent some time developing two codebases for the server and….it’s hard to pick. I want to merge them both.
For me, once I read up on the Ruby language I got sooo much more out of using RoR.  CakePHP, however plays to my PHP experience.
And I’m totally  ecstatic about the code generating and scaffolding abilities – RoR more than CakePHP – but I’d take either!

Zend’s implementation of AMFPHP is a plus for CakePHP, but Chris says Ruby has one too!
Installs for either are a breeze – we’ve been testing on SliceHost with no problemos.

Ultimately it may come down to performance. I’m hearing Rails may have some issues – but have yet t see any evidence. So we’re currently running this down and thinking about how to test both to find out…I’ll keep y’all posted about what we find.

For  the non-developers that have heard my rants and have gotten copies of the Project:Seraph functional specs through lunch bribes…I’ll have a semi-white paper for you very soon.