> About libraries, Python follows the idea that there should be only one way to do something, ruby follows the idea that there should be more ways to do somethi

> About libraries, Python follows the idea that there should be only one way to do something, ruby follows the idea that there should be more ways to do something, this is why there are a lot of alternatives, for example:... I think you're stretching the meaning of this a bit beyond it's intent. It applies to more low level things than testing or JSON generation. The standard library does have a lot of excellent (and almost default) choices but it doesn't stop people from making alternatives.