Servoy Hu? 2
November 15th, 2006
Today, while checking my gmail account I read an ad about Servoy being an alternative to Ruby and Rails
Actually, I wanted to check out what was that. I thought about some crappy PHP framework that pretended to do what Rails just cloning its structure, but without Ruby power
In the homepage the first thing you learn about Servoy is that Ruby syntax is complex and that Rails has limited capabilities. Further analisys makes me think it’s a Java based environment scripted in Javascript. Basically they are asserting that Javascript syntax is clearer than Ruby one (which is debatable) and that a RAD like thing built on Java is less limited than Rails. Note that Servoy is not Java: it is something built on Java (so I don’t expect it to be as powerful as Java, or it would be as complex as well).
I’m not against RAD or ‘easy’ environments. I just find ridiculous when they say that Rails is limited (that is false) and that a closed component system is more complete.
Moreover, I don’t know anyone using this Servoy. I haven’t read about it on tech magazines, my fellow developers haven’t heard about it either. My opinion is that it’s a small environment tool that uses Rails popularity (as a comparison) to convince people to pay them for something they could have done easier in Rails.
The same conclusions have been made by this blogger
2 Responses to “Servoy Hu? 2”
1Adam
June 5th, 2007 @ 15:02
Not trying to put down Rails, but you should give Sevoy another look. It’s much more than what you’ve described and has an immense amount of capability. Being the techie that you seem to be, I figure you’d be open to new technologies. I think you’ll like it once you check it out in depth.
As far as not knowing anyone using it, here’s a short list: MIT, Motorola, Verizon, Sybase, Sony, Sony Pictures, Volvo Parts Corporation and Yankee Stadium.
If you want to know more, feel free to drop me a line. I don’t work for Servoy, but work with it a lot.
Adam
2sam
June 25th, 2007 @ 08:56
Which country you are in.I think the servoy is somewhat familier in USA and some european countries.
Actually FileMaker and Servoy are similarly equal.But in servoy the coding are in javascript.And they mention that its more secure than FileMaker.Do you know anything more about the companies using servoy and the growth of servoy.
Sam
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