The Future of Web Apps

This could be a fun summit to attend if you want to get a perspective on where the web development is at currently and where it’s headed,

Two-day conference focusing on the development technology you’ll be using tomorrow

This is an exceptional opportunity to discover how the web’s most successful sites and applications were built, plus you’ll get expert practical advice from the best in the business on creating your own web app. Whether you’re a developer, business owner or entrepreneur, join us for this exclusive two-day audience with the biggest names in web development.

Check out the official website to see the (impressive) list of speakers.

Bruce Tate on Seaside

In an interview by Yakov Fain, a well know proponent of Ruby Bruce Tate had this to say about Smalltalk with Seaside,

I’m interested in Ruby, and a whole lot of other people are in this camp too, because it’s a dynamic language with a catalyst. Other languages have better web development experiences–Seaside on Smalltalk, for example. But Rails has traction, and the combination of productivity in a clean language with good market share is tough to beat.

Umm, isn’t this just crowd mentality at work? If you think there’s a better way of going about web development, who cares about traction? We took a plunge back in April to go with Seaside for our new web portal and couldn’t have been happier with the progress so far.