On Aug 13, 7:50 am, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hussein B a écrit : > > > Hey, > > I'm a Java/Java EE developer and I'm playing with Python these days. > > I like the Python language so much and I like its communities and the > > Django framework. > > My friends are about to open a Ruby/Rails shop and they are asking me > > to join them. > > I don't know what, sure I'm not leaving Java, but they are asking me > > to stop learning Python and concentrate on Ruby/Rails. > > The sad fact (at least to me), Ruby is getting a lot of attention > > these days. > > Why Python isn't getting this attention although is a much more mature > > language and it is used by many big, big names? > > RoR peoples are good at marketing. And Ruby's object model is probably > less alien - at least at first sight - to the Java crowd than Python's > object model is. > > But still, Python seems to get some serious exposure - at least outside > of the Java world - these last monthes. > > > And do I dare to say it is much more charming? > > What do you think of Ruby/Rails? do they worth learning and working > > with? > > Both are certainly worth learning. I can't tell about the "working with" > part since I never used any of them for anything serious. > > > Any way, I'm not leaving Python and I will try to study it every time > > I get a chance... > > Thanks.
Personally, I don't like the RoR framework at all. It doesn't come with any thing new or revolutionary, they just take the hard lessons from the Java web applications world. I think Ruby was a dead language and RoR gave it a life kiss. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
