[Hidden-tech] Rudy on Rails

[Gopal Narayanan]

As others have pointed out in this thread, RoR is not a programming
language but a framework based on Ruby. Ruby is a powerful and elegant
object-oriented language, but outside of Japan, it's popularity until
recently was not high. But it is picking up lots of fans. 

Another framework for developing database-backed dynamic websites is
the python-language based django framework
(http://www.djangoproject.com/) which I would highly
recommend. Python is an equally elegant and powerful OO language, and
has been around a bit longer than Ruby. There are whole language wars
being waged daily in various open-source mailing lists on whether
Python or Ruby is the better language, so I have no desire to start
one here among aficianados of either language. I use django heavily,
and I love it for the ease with which you can build data-driven
applications. The website part is only a small but important part of
its application. One thing that Django has but RoR does not have
natively is a nice administration and user authentication framework.

Having said that there are a lot of common features between RoR and
django.  Which framework is right for you is entirely based on which
language you have more familiarity with. If you don't know either
language, and don't want to go with PHP based solutions, you really
have to make a choice. Python does have a much larger user-base, so if
you are hiring someone or contracting out your work, you'll have an
easier time finding the right people.

Gopal.



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