Re:Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more
by mooreds on Friday July 01, 2016 @07:40AM
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And not just elixir/Phoenix, but the whole ecosystem around it.
I am relatively new to rails and have been astonished at the number of high quality gems that I can drop in and accelerate development. If I need to build something, my first step is always to google for a gem and see if some kind soul has already solved my problem.
Drupal had some of the same rich libraries, but in my short time working with it, I felt less like a software engineer and more like a software mechanic, piecing together pre built parts. For whatever reason, perhaps rhe emphasis on TDD,rails doesn't make me feel like that (which makes work more enjoyable for me).
All this is to say, I don't have any idea what the elixir/Phoenix ecosystem is like, but until it is sizable, rails has an edge in my book.
I am relatively new to rails and have been astonished at the number of high quality gems that I can drop in and accelerate development. If I need to build something, my first step is always to google for a gem and see if some kind soul has already solved my problem.
Drupal had some of the same rich libraries, but in my short time working with it, I felt less like a software engineer and more like a software mechanic, piecing together pre built parts. For whatever reason, perhaps rhe emphasis on TDD,rails doesn't make me feel like that (which makes work more enjoyable for me).
All this is to say, I don't have any idea what the elixir/Phoenix ecosystem is like, but until it is sizable, rails has an edge in my book.