In this episode, I have a conversation with Teemu Tammela, a software developer, Contentful Certified Professional and creator and co-host DJ of AuralCandy.net Premium House Music Podcast. Our topic today is all about creating a website that runs on Contentful and Ruby.
The following questions were asked:
- Tell us about yourself.
- Tell us about your podcast website.
- What does it mean to be a Certified Contentful Professional?
- Why did you switch from PHP to Contentful and Ruby?
- Why did you go with a CMS versus custom PHP?
- Why did you choose Ruby as your language of choice?
- Can you compare and contrast Ruby and PHP?
- Is Ruby a friendly language for people just starting to do web development?
- What is Ruby on Rails?
- Are there other frameworks developers can choose for Ruby?
- What is the difference between the Sinatra and Ruby Frameworks?
- A developer will either use Ruby or Sinatra, not both correct?
- How is Rails opinonated versus Sinatra?
- What is Padrino?
- Why did you use Padrino on top of Sinatra?
- What are the template helpers in Padrino?
- What is Grunt?
- Does the Contentful Ruby SDK support the full CMAPI?
- Does the Contentful Ruby SDK support the CDAPI or Image API?
- Are there any features you'd like to see Contentful add to their Ruby SDK?
- Would you ever considering switching to a Javascript based framework?
- Tell us about your content model in Contenfful for your podcast site.
- Can you tell us more about the 4 content types you created and why?
- What are some hosting solutions for Contentful and Ruby driven sites?
- Describe your backend architecture? Is it SSG driven?
- Do you use Git?
- Any tips for scaling Contentful applications?
