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That's the second wave :). The first wave was pretty much PHP and web designers. I agree Ruby is a cool language with all the features you mentioned. While
by hello_moto 19y ago
That's the second wave :). The first wave was pretty much PHP and web designers.
I agree Ruby is a cool language with all the features you mentioned.
While it may be true that the culture in Ruby world is to "write good code", I kind of doubt that statement in the real world. Probably only a handful of Rails developers that actually stay true to that culture. The rest just want their share of web 2.0 fame.
Sorry if I'm being skeptical. Maybe cause I saw a lot of Rails blogs that don't reflect the Ruby/Rails culture.
- michaelneale 19y agoI don't think thats skeptical. Probably realistic. Rails is the new VB (maybe).
- tyler 19y agoI'm so tired of that comparison. Heres the difference: Rails is programmed on Ruby. Rails in itself is, to me, not that impressive. It does a lot of things right, but it does probably just as many wrong. Not the least of which is scaling. But the advantage that Rails has is that its programmed on top of Ruby. And for that reason it will never be truly akin to the monstrosity that was VB. Except in that it attracts poor developers. But, thats simply because its easy. The trick is finding the people who use Rails because of Ruby... not the other way around.
- michaelneale 19y agoI'm so tired of that rebuttal. But really, it doesn't matter. Rails is great, as long as people build great stuff in it. Too much talk is all that bugs me.
- pfedor 19y agoMy brother said once that he wanted a t-shirt saying: "I used Ruby before Rails."