From: Carl Youngblood <carlwork@...>
Date: 2004-12-01T08:24:20+09:00
Subject: Re: PHP vs. Ruby vs. Python (vs. Rails)

Abraham Vionas wrote:

>As I was falling asleep last night I was wondering about the differences in
>terms of web development time and effort between PHP, Ruby, and Python. and
>I found myself wondering how much effort the Rails framework saves me from.
>Does anyone else out there have the experience to be able to compare these?
>I'm partly curious because I've found it so difficult to get Rails going on
>windows, while PHP was comparatively very easy. And Python I've just heard
>is wonderful - i.e. "Google uses it". My curiousity with Rails is born out
>of the fact that I've never used a scripting language for web development
>and so have no clue how much any framework helps in terms of effort/time
>saved.
>
I have used PHP and I can tell you that before Ruby on Rails, the 
argument that Ruby web development required a little more setup to get 
working was valid, but Ruby on Rails makes things so much easier and is 
such a more elegant solution that there is no question in my mind which 
solution is better.  But keep in mind this is coming from someone who 
has been writing scripted web apps for a while now.  With zero exposure 
to web programming, I can see how Rails might take a little longer to grok.