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moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:23 am
by jaoudestudios
I have been developing in php for years and thoroughly love, recently I have started using Zend FrameWork - I wish I had started using ZF sooner. However, some colleagues of mine recommending using Ruby on Rails. Can ruby do more than PHP? is it worth learning it too, or switching completely?
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:49 pm
by david64
If you want a better web programming language try Python. There is a FW for it called Django.
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:27 am
by jaoudestudios
Thanks David. Why would you recommend python over php?
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:35 pm
by david64
It's a more complex laguage. Have a tootle through this:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonVsPhp
I am no expert, but I am under the impression that Ruby is just PHP on Web2.0 drugs

. The syntax looks nicer and stuff, but it still seems quite basic. When I was doing some reading on Ruby I seem to remember there was quite a few things missing in it.
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:21 pm
by jaoudestudios
That is an interesting article. However, I am not convinced. I will do some more research and post back.
Thanks

Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:50 pm
by Eran
PHP is web oriented while Python is more generic. As such, Python is inherently somewhat more powerful, however for the web environment PHP has a wider variety of built in tools. Not to mention, the PHP community is probably the largest and most active of all scripting languages, contributing to the massive amount of open-source materials available.
When it comes down to it, both are capable web application languages. In my opinion it's just a matter of choosing one that is more comfortable for you. Personally, I like C syntax and am very comfortable using PHP.
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:47 pm
by david64
pytrin has some good points.
I know a specialist application developer who also builds sites. Says that his productivity went up a lot when he converted to Python.
Re: moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:35 am
by Hightower
I just got my first book on Ruby (not rails) and I have to admit, I like the way it all fits together. I'm still a n00b in it, but I am looking forward to having the time to try it out for real.
