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I would like to setup a web service, to be accessed via a mobile device. The main purpose of the server is data storage. I would like to know some of your opinions on the advantages\disadvantages between RoR and WCF for building the server-side of the web service.
I think you’re looking at this the wrong way. What does the web service do?
The fact that it’s a web service a mobile device talks to is itself not a big deal. Lots of stuff exists to do that. WCF is pretty good at it. I don’t know anything about RoR but it probably is too.
So once the mobile device makes a request, what’s going to happen on the server? Who is building it, and what languages/frameworks do they already know? What if any infrastructure is already in place?
If you can answer those questions, I think the answer to your question will become more apparent. 🙂