One of the main strengths of Rails is that it allows you to get up and running quickly while still guiding you towards modular, reasonably maintainable code. Y

One of the main strengths of Rails is that it allows you to get up and running quickly while still guiding you towards modular, reasonably maintainable code. You can very quickly spike (prototype) new approaches and modules and focus on your business logic rather than all of the scaffolding attendant to it. I've personally found it invaluable and I'd highly recommend the framework to anyone looking to learn a new tool for building web applications.