"They both vary tremendously depending on the problem, but on the whole, 'javascript widgets' trumps 'business logic' hands down." If you believe this then per

"They both vary tremendously depending on the problem, but on the whole, 'javascript widgets' trumps 'business logic' hands down." If you believe this then perhaps you have never developed anything complicated at all. "The fact that most business logic is simple is why you can glue things together so fast in Rails." If it is this simple one must question why the work is done by a developer at all. Why are users not using some sort of web-based MS Access?