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Thanks for the reply. Do you have some feedback from your own experience with it and/or with another framework, says Django?

• hkarthik 13y ago
  I used to write .NET for a living and when I started working with my own ideas for a startup, I looked at both Django and Rails. Python/Django had a very small community in my local area (Dallas, TX) while the local Rubyists were more plentiful, not to mention very welcoming. I got some early mentors that helped me get going and that got me to stick it out with Rails. These days, I see more similarities than differences between Python and Ruby. It's like choosing between Vim and Emacs. Both sides have their value, but the bigger difference really exists between a text editor and an IDE like Eclipse or Visual Studio. My advice is to try both, and see which one appeals to you more. Focus on it for a few months and find mentors to help you through it. The harder choice would be to pick something like Node.js which is just starting to hit its stride, or Golang which is really just starting to pick up. Keep in mind, it's quite common for startups using Django or Rails to augment their stack with either Node.js or Go to solve certain problems that don't fit nicely into either Ruby or Python.