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Original Post: Tsunami Relief With Rails
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Ever since the incredibly powerful earthquake and subsequent Tsunami
hit Asia, there has been a terribly critical logistics problem that we
are only beginning to solve. Millions of people need food, water, and
shelter, and infrastructure is wiped out in many places. In an effort
to assist relief work, I have created a simple Rails application to
follow several areas of relief related information including:
a) Phone numbers of governments, relief organizations, volunteers, etc.
b) Missing / Living / Dead person listing
c) Supply tracking
This is a perfect opportunity to put Ruby and Rails to the test: does it really
deliver in a very-short-timeframe development cycle? We will have to
wait and see how this application turns out in a few days. I have been
at it just a few days so far and must say it has been quite a learning
experience, but so far we are liking the architecture, especially the
excellent improvements in Rails 0.9, which seems a lot better than 0.7.
I’m still not familiar enough with rails to be confident with it, however
I find I am easily picking up what I need to know from the straightforward
organization most of the time, which is quite a bit more than I can say for
most other frameworks I have tried.
Are you moved to do something to help the Tsunami victims, and do you
know Rails? If so, send me an email at cilibrar@ofb.net or a Yahoo
instant message to cilibrar and tell me your interest and skills.
I have already set up a dedicated server and control all aspects.