I think so. I came from straight servlets, Struts and Liferay Portal and Grails was amazing to me. I can get apps up and running so much faster, with little con

I think so. I came from straight servlets, Struts and Liferay Portal and Grails was amazing to me. I can get apps up and running so much faster, with little configuration and things just work. I have never done RoR, so I can't make a comparison, but it is pretty nice IMHO and it's easy to get started, yet is very powerful. It's also a pleasure to program in Groovy.