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Thanks for conducting the survey, interested to see the results. I find it strange (and possibly not very pragmatic) that not long ago at all, rails was almost

by eudora 9y ago

Thanks for conducting the survey, interested to see the results. I find it strange (and possibly not very pragmatic) that not long ago at all, rails was almost a no brainer, and now it's the opposite, even though there must be many thousands of live applications.

coolbreeze 9y ago
Thinking the same thing. I enjoy using rails. A lot of hype for other frameworks is misplaced
- elsurudo 9y ago
  Yes, rails is very pragmatic – it includes a lot of what you need, so you don't end up reinventing the wheel. I like the philosophy still, and the third-part libs (gems) are top-notch. The problem I have with it now is that I am growing tired of untyped languages. What would a typed & compiled ruby look like? I know some things wouldn't be possible, but if we could keep the philosophy of rails, I think it would still be a great framework.
  - amerine 9y ago
    You might like Crystal https://crystal-lang.org https://crystal-lang.org
    - elsurudo 9y ago
      Thanks, I forgot about crystal. Now we just need Crystal on Rails :) It would force out some of the magic for sure, but that may be a good thing.