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I create probably at least 3-4 apps a month and I use RailsWizard to do it because my needs often vary quite a bit (I almost always use RSpec, but ActiveRecord
by mbleigh 15y ago
I create probably at least 3-4 apps a month and I use RailsWizard to do it because my needs often vary quite a bit (I almost always use RSpec, but ActiveRecord vs. MongoDB+MongoMapper, needing Redis, etc. change for each app). I don't think the defaults have really gotten that out of hand, and the only one that really affects newbies is Coffeescript (since you can just write CSS in an SCSS file). I just think that Rails is a complex system and not really conducive to being the first exposure people have to Ruby web development.
- tswicegood 15y agoI think that's the whole point though. It used to be that you could be a Rails dev with very little Ruby experience. Now, that's not the case. It's great to advance, but when you start out as being quick and easy to get started in then everyone starts progressing you can easily forget that it's taken years as a community to get to this point. If you're not careful, as a community, you end up leaving the newbies always playing catch up instead of providing them a helping hand to get started.