Simon, 

I posted the following to the mailing list yesterday but it has been awaiting moderation since then and I would like to contribute something to the conversation 

https://gist.github.com/118dc4cd9d8223c33f63

I hope reading it at that link isn't too troublesome.

Best

John

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Simon Hengel <simon.hengel@wiktory.org> wrote:
> My point is: we should not try to build one big framework. Instead, I
> propose that we build a set of smaller libraries that each do one
> thing very well. Some of these libraries might be designed to work
> together.

I absolutely agree with that.

> I personally think MVC is a perfect fit for the web: model code
> handles data storage, view code handles HTML/JSON/XML and the
> controller coordinates between these.

Have you read about the "View First" approach of Lift[1]? While I do not
like the monolithic approach of Lift, I really like that specific
aspect. I'd not narrow my view on "Rails-Style MVC" right now.

Cheers,
Simon

[1] http://wiki.liftweb.net/index.php?title=Lift_View_First
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