if (RubyOnRails == GettingReal) { ReleaseTheFlyingPigs(); }
I recently attended an architecture meeting covering "Web 2.0" topics. So I, not having lived under a rock, knew what Ruby on Rails was but I heard about the company "37 Signals". I also heard about their book "Getting Real". When I learned that they tout that 3 people and 30 days is all you need to build an application, I had to laugh.
I have looked around a little and there are more than a few that buy in to this. I see titles like "Why *you* need to learn Ruby on Rails" and I know the syntax is nice on the eyes. Folks, this is not like comparing minor league baseball to major league baseball. In my humble opinion, ROR is the little league (no offense to the little league). Go out and Google "Ruby on Rails + Twitter" and you will see the difference. ROR has a slight issue with scaling, oops.
I am not saying ROR has no place, there are millions of sites that don't need to scale. There is a niche market where adding these skills to your tool belt can help. I for one don't see the type of clients I work with ever giving serious consideration to a platform that can't scale though. I don't see the benefit of adding it to my tool belt for now. If I were just starting out, looking to build my first site, then I probably would give it a try.
Randy