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I never used Rails, but people who use both said that thy were pretty similar. Python had the advantage of scientific libraries (which was useful for what I was
by collyw 3y ago
I never used Rails, but people who use both said that thy were pretty similar. Python had the advantage of scientific libraries (which was useful for what I was building), while Rails was a bit more web dev focused.
Rails does seem to have fallen out of favor over the last decade, while Django enjoyed a more steady level of popularity. I guess Python is a more popular language.
- antod 3y agoI don't think Rails is any less favoured than Django - the hype moved on from back end oriented web frameworks in general though. Rails had a higher level of initial hype though, so maybe more of that moved on to other things leaving it closer to Django that had a slower decline. Both projects are solid mature choices though - the downside of that might be attracting enough new/younger devs. Choice comes down more to Ruby vs Python depending on which one your team knows better or if you need other libraries from that language.
- collyw 3y agoYes, Rails definitely had more initial hype, which in turn led to a bigger decline, while Django remained more steady with it's popularity. I see a lot less Rails jobs than I used to. I might b wrong but I don't see much Ruby use outside of Rails.