So here it is two days until the unveiling of codename Argus at PostieCon and I’m both extremely excited and apprehensive at the same time. Yesterday we  put a freeze on new code going into the milestone release of Argus for PostieCon and worked on getting the kinks out. Today we will continue to do the same.

I must say that this is going to one sexy application from a programming point of view as it combines many frameworks and technologies.

In retrospect the past four months have been intense. My team and I have put in countless hours by spiking features or just hard-core programming. Naturally at first there was the whole “can we do this?” or here’s what we need, as in some cases we looked at each other knowing that some may not be possible. Of course there was absolutely no stress over re-branding Argus from PayPerPost to (undisclosed) when the company became Izea .

It was all worth it in the end. I’m really looking forward to next Monday(the day after PostieCon) in order to take a break even for one day. This is not to say we were driven to deliver from a company point of view; we did this because everyone at Izea does take pride and is professional in what they do.  We do want to deliver the best and from what I saw yesterday tyeing up the loose ends, we have delivered it.

I’m excited about this and wish I could say more, however I’m not as nothing is official yet. Although Argus will be unveiled at PostieCon a public display will follow in a couple of weeks thereafter if plans stay the same.

Ok I can hear you now because I still hear it all the time, “Why is he still using Dreamweaver for his coding when xx is so much better”. Quite simply the best thing about it is that I don’t have to think about the ftp structure when putting/getting files. Tell me a program that has code completion, validation and a smart put/get ftp and I’ll listen.

So now that I’ve embraced cakePHP I’ve made a few modifications to my Dreamweaver configuration files so I can work with the thtml and tcp files required by cakePHP as well as adding in the default helpers $html and $form into code completion. I want to share with you as well. So here’s the link to download the instruction files. Dreamweaver cakePHP Modifications

You may also find the download by going through the Widgets & Plugins page.

I’m going way out on a limb here but I feel the need to point out several different view on Ruby On Rails. If you’ve never heard of it Ruby On Rails is a framework programming language built off of the Ruby programming language. Ruby On Rails creates Model-View-Controller (MVC) applications so each distinct part has it’s responsibility. You can even use this along with n-tier business logic as well.

Truly my first experience with MVC was with a Fortune 500 financial company and that was written in C#. Being that I have years of experience with PHP I started writing my applicaitons in that form along with n-tier logic as well. That was of course until I found cakePHP.

Django is a new framework built off of the well established language Python. Being that the Django framework is young means it’s still under heavy development (version .96 is quite different from development at this moment). So I hesitated re-writing one of my apps until Django hits 1.0. Although I find that I like Python because it somehow makes sense to me in the form of JavaScript. Ya, I’m funny like that.

So I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing many different languages and their applications. I’ve also had the pleasure of finding those vertical programmers that truly believe their language of choice is the only correct one for all situations. I’m a horizontal programmer that looks at all languages equally and objectively and try to use the correct one for the job at hand so gingerly stepping on the branch I’m posting several links to the use of Ruby On Rails from a couple of different camps that tried RoR.

PHP: Derek Silvers
7 Reasions I Switched Back to PHP After 2 Years on Rails

ASP.NET: Rob Conery
Imploding Rails, Jesus DHH, and The Uncle Ben Principle

Ruby On Rails: RailsEnvy
Ruby on Rails vs. Every other language

So there you have just a few examples of different frameworks and languages. Please read the comments below each of the above references to give yourself a better picture of the whole. Is RoR just a “flavor of the day” or is it the new “Mecca” of frameworks? You decide.