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copied!<p><strong>Ruby</strong> is an object oriented programming language. <strong>Rails</strong> is a framework built in Ruby for developing web applications. I have been using rails for about 6 months now, and its been great so far. If you want some of the same features of rails, you should also consider django (python), cakephp or symfony (php).</p> <p><strong>Pros:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><strong>MVC Architecture</strong> - Code is organized, broken up into small, manageable<br> files</li> <li><strong>Database abstraction</strong> - you dont have to write SQL queries, database types are easily interchanged</li> <li><strong>Convention over Configuration</strong> - rails automatically knows file, database, variable names without explicitly being specified</li> <li><strong>Fast Development</strong> - Rails requires less lines of code because of all the functions it automatically takes care of and is more expressive, resulting in faster development</li> </ul> <p><strong>Cons:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Slower</strong> - this is often debated, but a comparable rails application is slower than its PHP counterpart. Rails 3 is supposedly going to include speed increases. </li> <li><strong>Less Literature</strong> - rails lacks the plethora of tutorials, books and api that is available for PHP.</li> <li><strong>Less Hosting Support</strong> - Not all shared hosts support rails, but you can set it up on any vps or dedicated. Deployment is also a bit tougher in Rails as opposed to PHP</li> </ul>

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