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Sorry :( I made a reading error and I updated my post. It still seems like a lot of software and time to just start developing. What does passenger get me for

by clint 16y ago

Sorry :( I made a reading error and I updated my post. It still seems like a lot of software and time to just start developing. What does passenger get me for developing locally that Pow doesn't? (I've never used Passenger before today).

FooBarWidget 16y ago
I can't comment on how Phusion Passenger Standalone differs from Pow because I've never used Pow. However I can tell you what Phusion Passenger Standalone's benefits are: 1. Phusion Passenger is currently the most popular production server for Ruby web apps (see ruby-toolbox.com and the last NewRelic survey). Phusion Passenger Standalone is practically the same as Phusion Passenger for Nginx. It's a good thing to have the development environment match the production environment as much as possible. Phusion Passenger actually comes in 3 editions: Phusion Passenger for Apache (integrates into Apache), Phusion Passenger for Nginx (integrates into Nginx) and Phusion Passenger Standalone (can run by itself, does not require an external web server). 2. Because Standalone is based on an Nginx core it's even fit for production. According to the Pow website it uses Nack, which according to its website is not ready for production. If 'passenger start' works for you locally then you can run the same thing in production. No need to learn how Apache and Nginx works. There are other things as well, but I have to go in a few minutes. Feel free to ask me more questions if you like.
FooBarWidget 16y ago
As for "the stuff that got downloaded and compiled on my machine", that's Nginx being downloaded and compiled there. Nginx is a high-performance, lightweight, extremely stable, battle-tested and proven web server. Hypothetically speaking, it's possible to modify Phusion Passenger to not download and install Nginx. We can run on a pure-Ruby web server like WEBrick. However I guarantee you, WEBrick sucks; it's slow, buggy and leaks memory.

by clint 16y ago

FooBarWidget 16y ago

I can't comment on how Phusion Passenger Standalone differs from Pow because I've never used Pow. However I can tell you what Phusion Passenger Standalone's benefits are: 1. Phusion Passenger is currently the most popular production server for Ruby web apps (see ruby-toolbox.com and the last NewRelic survey). Phusion Passenger Standalone is practically the same as Phusion Passenger for Nginx. It's a good thing to have the development environment match the production environment as much as possible. Phusion Passenger actually comes in 3 editions: Phusion Passenger for Apache (integrates into Apache), Phusion Passenger for Nginx (integrates into Nginx) and Phusion Passenger Standalone (can run by itself, does not require an external web server). 2. Because Standalone is based on an Nginx core it's even fit for production. According to the Pow website it uses Nack, which according to its website is not ready for production. If 'passenger start' works for you locally then you can run the same thing in production. No need to learn how Apache and Nginx works. There are other things as well, but I have to go in a few minutes. Feel free to ask me more questions if you like.

FooBarWidget 16y ago

As for "the stuff that got downloaded and compiled on my machine", that's Nginx being downloaded and compiled there. Nginx is a high-performance, lightweight, extremely stable, battle-tested and proven web server. Hypothetically speaking, it's possible to modify Phusion Passenger to not download and install Nginx. We can run on a pure-Ruby web server like WEBrick. However I guarantee you, WEBrick sucks; it's slow, buggy and leaks memory.