[Rails] Questions about rails and stores

[Florian Weber]

> So here are the questions:
> 1. Has it been done/is it possible to create complete online store 
> with RAILS? Am I mistaking it's uses? An real world examples of 
> stores?

i'm working on one right now. unless you are doing a 2nd amazon, i dont 
see a reason why it
wouldnt work with rails.

> 2. How long would it take an average intelligence guy to get up to 
> speed with all of the following: Ruby, Rails and SQL (I know a bit 
> about that actually)? I would also be learning OO programming concepts 
> as well I suppose...advice appreciated...

personally i rather wouldn't do it then. dont get me wrong, but if you 
dont really know a lot about oo and sql,
i would rather hire somebody to do it for you or at least help you with 
it. i think its never a good idea to do
critical projects in a 100% new environment. it would be different if 
you would be just new to ruby and rails,
then i would say it would be doable. but if basics like sql and oo are 
missing, hmm.

> 3. I worry that even if it is possible to get the store going that I 
> will be too new or RAILS might not provide the amount of security 
> required for such an endeavor. Is Security easy to figure out?

i would say it's the pretty similiar to other platforms. again, if you 
are completely new to programming,
it can be risky..

> 4. I can not devout full time hours to learning this stuff, so should 
> I just look to hire someone instead and just go back to playing with 
> my Photoshop and Cinema 4D?

my opinion: yes! at least somebody who helps you with it. i just saw 
too many projects
where people were not aware of their limitations, jumped blindly into a 
project full
of requirements they don't really know a lot about.. they all end in a 
mess =)