article - rubyonrails - development - What's the Secret of Rails?

An excellent article written by a Java programmer that identifies the mojo driving the success of Ruby on Rails. For anyone new to RoR, it’s an unbiased overview.

I’d guess that as many as half of the applications built today are database-backed, Web-enabled applications. So Rails is definitely a niche product, but its niche is large and important. Specializing in this space gives Rails huge advantages that account for the big splash that it has made. By focusing on projects in this niche, Rails designers can take some shortcuts that other frameworks cannot or should not take.

Filed by matt under rubyonrails development