That's a specious distinction, even if I can understand their interpretation. It's just easier to say that: 1. Django Templates correspond to Rails Views (they

That's a specious distinction, even if I can understand their interpretation. It's just easier to say that: 1. Django Templates correspond to Rails Views (they both define how data is presented to the client). The biggest difference is that it's easier to include business logic in Rails Views because the Erb template language is as expressive as Ruby itself, while the Django template language is deliberately restrictive. 2. Django Views correspond to Rails Controllers (they both process requests). The biggest difference is that data is passed explicitely from a Django View to its Template, while data is passed implicitely from a Rails Controller to its View.