i have stumbled upon a very promissing web framwork for erlang. nitrogen, altough very young (first release was around December 2008), it seems exactly what i have looking for. it actually bring the erlang into the web, allowing to develope a true erlang based web app.
nitrogen have several appealing features. the framwork support ajax/comet, which is absolutely a shame how easy it ease to use. it allows defining html templates, with ‘holes’ in it to insert content from the erlang source. but the real benefit is the ability to write those ‘holes’ in erlang modules. those ‘holes’ are filled with elements which are parallel to html structures, and because you are using erlang sytax to describe them, you can use the erlang pattern matching and messaging system in it.
I just stumbled upon it as well. It looks super promising. I notice that your entry here is almost 10 months old, have you been using nitrogen? What has your experience been like.
I am an experienced coder, just stumbling into the Erlang community. The value proposition is providing me with a lot of motivation to dig deeper.
yes, i have been using nitrogen since. nitrogen has lot’s of potential, and i intend to use it in production environment. bear in mind it is a very young framework, so it has its quirks.
regarding its development, rusty klophaus, seems to be committed to continue it, and even some time has past, lately there was some activity on git-hub. as for me, i didn’t see any erlang alternative (i have played some time with yaws), and the nitrogen approach for the web simply integrates into my erlang layers.
moreover, the project brought interest from known names like Jon Armstrong, Ulf Wiger and Torbjörn Törnkvist, naming just a few (see their activity on nitrgoen’s google groups page).