8c1e73 No.1674
Any Ruby on Rails users on /prog/?
Im learning Ruby right now(its a strange language) but I heard some mixed things about Rails. Some say its great and others have said its ridiculously hard. Iv also heard some say its dead and others say its flourishing.
And how is the job market like? I looked up some job posts online and found that people who look for Ruby on Rails programmers dont also ask for other ridulous demands, unlike say people who look for Javascript programmers they also need to be good at html and css, which I suck at extremely( I understand them easily, im just a shitty styler all around).
c69a64 No.1703
I don't like it, too much magic that you're just supposed to accept and when you want to do something it doesn't support out of the box it is more difficult to work around the framework rather than work inside it. Ruby is fine but I'd rather use a more lightweight framework e.g. Sinatra and then pull in some other libraries instead of trying to do everything with rails
aac98b No.1739
Worked with Rails for 3 years or so. Then whole bunch of people were saying how node.js is so great and everyone should ditch Rails and go for Go.
Then I started working with Node.js and used Go routinely. Then I realized how awesome Rails is.
Basically, Rails is great if you are actually interested in building a product.
8c1e73 No.1740
>>1739But as a beginner how long would I have to learn rails or node to find employment?
8b4390 No.1741
I don't know rails either, fully, but I've looked over a few intro apps.
The "pain" of rails is getting used to the syntax, most obviously. I hate languages that divorce themselves so far from what I'm used to (C-like syntax) but that's a "me" problem.
However, I hear (and I've seen) that rails' MVC is very good. Separation of concerns allows you to make elegant applications without having to worry too much about fucking up.
I'm not really a fan, but I don't hate the language itself. I have python syndrome with it, more like. I pretty much am flat out refusing to learn it due to stubbornness.
The only reason I learned python with it's syntax fuckery is because employers demanded it, and so I did it. After I learned it, it wasn't so bad.
I have a feeling I'd feel the same about rails if I took time out of my personal life to do it. Whatevs.
Job market looks pretty good for rails right now, honestly. The problem is you'll see a lot of startups, some mid-level companies, I've not seen many big ones using it myself but then I don't usually job hunt for things like rails, this is just what catches my eye on job searches. It's certainly more useful than me knowing C right now.
b6290e No.2099
>>1674Have you checked /cuteboys/?