Re: Tales from the Dark Side

>> The MVC separation was nice, but you get that in WO components  
>> anyway. I didn't see that you could do desktop apps in rails like  
>> WO. Is there an equivalent of EOModeler so you can get your model  
>> right first?
>
> No.  And ActiveRecord is an extremely simple model compared to EOF,  
> you might just as well spend a couple of hours writing some  
> equivalent handlers in Java to cover JDBC.


As I am new to RoR and Wo, I was wondering if anyone can help me  
understand the best of breed for modeling a database and what  
EOModeler is really meant to facilitate? For instance, I use an  
application now called SQL4X Manager J to work in a few different  
databases. It has an E/R Modeler feature that I find easy to use,  
although again, I'm just learning the basics of structuring a DB.

I've tried using EOModeler a few times but have not made much  
progress, so I've just started reading the PDF manual. So my question  
is, if I am using WO or even RoR, is EOModeler the best of breed (for  
Mac) out there for building and thinking about database driven  
applications? Also, I am really getting heavy into PostgreSQL. Off  
hand, I did not see that this was supported?


  - Ken