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Can someone provide a reason for why anyone should be using Rails? I'm always curious why people love context switching between multiple programming languages.

• to-too-two 2y ago
  1) You love the Ruby programming language. 2) It's battle-tested. Tried and true. Batteries included. Can have a web app with most functionality needed running in minutes. 3) There are more reasons, but there are other good options as well. No reason to use Rails if you're not interested in Ruby.
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  • asyx 2y ago
    Is there a reason to use rails over Django? Doesn’t seem like it based on your list.
    • criddell 2y ago
      Ruby. It's a uniquely expressive language (IMHO).
  • graywh 2y ago
    > Batteries included. this is the Python standard library motto
• flats 2y ago
  As opposed to using JavaScript on the front end & back end? That benefit of JS has always seemed a bit overrated to me—the context for front-end & server-side JS is pretty darn different, too. Anyway, Ruby & Rails are such a joy to use that, at least for me, the fact that it’s written in a different language than the one we need in the browser is a non-issue.
• thinkingemote 2y ago
  I used to love context switching between frameworks and languages: Rails was more fun and I felt more happier and creative. Django felt more restrictive but I felt more productive. NodeJS was more chaotic but I felt more powerful. Today I stick with Ruby and Rails. I am trying to do my context switching in the front-end JS frameworks but I just feel a bit dead doing it at the moment!