I'm considering swapping out Grails for Ruby on Rails as the front-end
for my application, which is currently comprised of a Grails front-end
and a couple of RESTful "backend" Java Web Services. The various
components are tied together using CAS. Before going ahead with the swap
I'd appreciate insight on the following:
1. How can I "map" the table structure created by the
Java Web Services using ActiveRecord or DataMapper? There will be times
I'll need to pull data directly from the database rather than go through
one of the services.
2. In Grails, I have access to SpringSecurityService which gives me
access to user information -- i.e. id, name, etc. -- as well as CAS
information. How can I achieve this in Rails?
Can I ask why you want to switch from grails to rails?
I use grails and rails for my applications, I love both, and I think
that grails is as good as rails.
Can I ask why you want to switch from grails to rails?
I use grails and rails for my applications, I love both, and I think
that grails is as good as rails.
Recently, most of my work has been Grails based. However, I do have
experience with both Grails and Rails and I find them both to be great
framework, with their own respective strengths and weaknesses.
With that said, I'm re-implementing the front-end of my application
using a JavaScript framework. This particular framework fits very well
with Rails and as a result supporting the JS framework with Rails is
easier. I can and currently am using Grails to support the JS framework,
but it requires a bit more work. As the application progresses the
additional work will add up and so I'm considering moving to Rails. The
determining factor is how well I can get Rails to work with JaSig CAS.