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Aug: 02; 2007

ADS site and blog are getting on the Rails, finally…

By: Robert Dempsey | Tags:

No one has commented on this yet but I figured I would take a moment to comment on it myself. When the ADS website was in “1.0″ we had the site designed in PHP. This was when we were a network services company. Times changed and so did our site. We didn’t change the platform of the site though as there wasn’t too much of a point in doing so.

We have been developing Ruby on Rails sites for almost two years now, so why are both our site and blog still on PHP?

When we have a client that comes to us looking at potentially moving their site to Rails we ask them why. If they don’t say something along the lines of “managing my site is getting out of hand” or “our site is old and we want something newer and better” (I heard this today) then we tell them they might just want to stick with what they have. If it ain’t broke, don’t break it. Moving from one platform to another is never a simple matter, and can be costly depending on the complexity.

Before someone flames me for saying so, I am all for moving sites of all flavors to Rails. We can help with that. But before taking the plunge, you have to ask is it worth it. Usually it is.

So, in that light, I am happy to announce that ADS is in the process of moving our entire site, blog and all, to Ruby on Rails. This comes along with a major update to our site that is currently being developed. In a month or two you will see a nice clean site that is 100% Rails goodness.

We look forward to it. Represent!

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