Tools I Want to Try

I've been listening to various podcasts (in case you hadn't noticed) and recently heard about some very interesting tools for building websites. I'd very much like to spend a few days with each of these, putting together a simple website just to see how it works and feels.

• Jifty - heard on Perlcast in this episode
• WebGUI - heard on Perlcast in this episode
• Seaside - heard on Distributing the Future in this episode

And, of course, there's the now ubiquitous Ruby on Rails. Since I've already ready one Ruby book, Rails is definitely in my list of tools to try soon.

In addition, the makers of Seaside have put together an online, malleable, collaborative database called Dabble. This would be great for something like the Rockville UMC choir music library, if only we had Internet access from the choir room.