Decide For Me was inspired by a common lunch scenario -- a bunch of software developers decide to go out for lunch, we all pile into the car, and then as we're driving out of the parking lot, someone says, 'where are we going?" And no one wants to make the decision between Chinese, Subway or Wendy's. Been there? I thought so.
So like any good software developer I realized we could solve our problems with code. Enter decide-for-me. This web app will decide any of your life's problems by providing a random answer.
But it gets better...
Since I couldn't decide what webapp framework to write it in, I decided to write a version in every web framework. Well, not really. But I'm trying.
The real goal of Decide For Me is to provide a simple, yet not quite trivial web application which can be used for training and education purposes. The hope is to implement the same simple website in as many web frameworks and languages as catch our fancy. The code should be small enough to understand easily, but showcase enough as to let a developer get a decent feel for how a language or framework operates. Ideally, one should be able to code-up a new version of Decide For Me within a day or maybe a weekend, even if trying out a completely new technology.
At the moment, the project starts with a Google App Engine version (the hosted version on decide-for-me.com) and a slightly dated Rails version. Please feel free to use the code, comment on it, and provide improvements to make it more idomatic. If you're interested in implementing a version of the site in your own favorite framework, that's great! Check out the specification and how to help.
