New transactional enterprise e-commerce web site

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We are close to releasing a high-volume, multi-lingual, e-commerce site in Ruby on Rails that has previously been written in an alternative Java framework (e.g. servlets and JSP).

This is a real-time 24/7 betting and gaming web site based out of Gibraltar in Europe.

When we embarked on this project, we really wanted to find examples of other high-volume web sites that had adopted RoR. We did not find any that helped us argue our "cause". Having said that, the "Rails way" armed us with a lot of ammunition to persuade our client to let us give RoR a go.

Perhaps I am wrong, but I am wondering if the work we have done may help others in the community when it comes to new projects. We have been a Java house for nearly a decade and we have now adopted RoR for our web-based projects. Is anyone interested in following how we do, what issues we hit etc etc?

Is there an appropriate forum where we can post ideas, comments, issues?

Many thanks

Simon

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I am. I have been involved in developing not just sites, but also the transactional engines and back-end systems for gambling companies primarily in Malta, save for William Hill and Casino.net in the UK, for almost a decade

I don't know of anybody who has done it in RoR (yet). Those kinds of systems are generally made in C++, Java or a combination of the two. However I don't see any reason why the front-ends can't be made in RoR.

Robert

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Is anyone interested in following how we do, what issues we hit etc etc?

I'd imagine lots of people are, though I speak only for myself :slight_smile:

Is there an appropriate forum where we can post ideas, comments, issues?

Why not start a blog and post the URL here?

FWIW,