Ruby on Rails

> On Nov 13, 2018, at 9:42 PM, Jack Waugh <jv2a9g4794@snkmail.com> wrote:
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> It's late 2018. Is Ruby still what managers are turning to for significant numbers of new web projects?
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> Are there sets of requirements that are so simple, that almost everyone with any experience would choose some other stack not involving the Ruby language? E. g. a web site requiring a CMS and a 'blog and little to nothing in the way of custom tables?
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> I'm not experienced with many kinds of projects on the Web, and so I have this maybe naive thought that with nodejs, at least people can use the same syntax for code that runs on the server and code that runs in the browser. Doesn't having that single syntax reduce the intellectual burden somewhat? If Ruby is still getting a lot of traction for new projects, what are said to be the benefits that outweigh the drawback of using two languages and so having to keep mentally changing gears?

The kinds of JS you would write for the front-end are markedly different than the kinds of JS you would write for the back-end. They have different concerns, and so they are expressed differently in code. The language you choose is akin to the alphabet, the words and sentences you need to compose with that alphabet are fundamentally different depending on the task at hand, and the head-space you occupy as a developer when writing must be as well. Those conceptual differences are far more important than the syntax and libraries you use to express them in code, so they should drive the choice of language and framework.

The "same code in server and browser" has always felt like a false syllogism to me. You wouldn't use the same vehicle to haul a load of bricks to the dump as you would to win a road race, would you? Ruby has a settled, mature standard library and rich and expressive tooling for Web applications in Rails. If you wanted to build a SPA, you might choose Node or Ember or Vue.js, backed with an API in Sinatra. If you wanted to build a vanilla-standard blog, you might reach for Wordpress. In other words, use the best tool for the job.

"Consistency is the hobgoblin of simple minds."

Walter

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