Learning Rails isn't easy easy. Once you get the hang of it, it's comfortable, but it takes some time and there's a moderate learning curve to really internaliz

Learning Rails isn't easy easy. Once you get the hang of it, it's comfortable, but it takes some time and there's a moderate learning curve to really internalize everything that's going on. You also have to learn how to use major gems, including their syntax. The Ruby language itself is pretty nice, though. The article focuses a lot on testing frameworks in Rails, which I haven't yet used myself, so maybe that's why I haven't been so confused. > I basically had to go back and reread the entire tutorial and had to deduce what was actually going on. I eventually figured it out, but by that time I had spent a LOT of time on it. Magic takes time to get used to, but it's nice once you grok the main idea. Being more explicit might make the code more immediately understandable, but once you understand what's going on, the magic acts as a mental shorthand to summarize the process and leave out the boilerplate. That's how I see things, anyway. I'd say Rails is easy to use (once you know it), but not that easy to learn.