Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing?

Re:Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing? by cheald on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @02:09PM (#2194316)

GET variables aren't unique to PHP. They're simply a means of passing data through on any HTTP GET request. HN itself runs on [Arc](http://arclanguage.org/).

To answer the question, Rails is certainly worth learning if you're interested in web applications development. It has, for better or worse, set the benchmark for interpreted MVC web frameworks, and a lot of the design decisions being made in other frameworks are heavily influenced by it.

(Also, it's fun.)

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Re:Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing? by wesleyzhao on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @02:15PM (#2194340)

Thanks for the link to Arc! I've heard it's fun, but for a newbie is it a concern that there is not as much support? I've heard there is maybe less quantity of support but the support online has more quality than php because of the quality of users.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing? by cheald on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @02:19PM (#2194357)

I don't know much about Arc, but my gut feeling is that it is not likely to be newbie-friendly, between the combination of it being somewhat esoteric and, you know, a dialect of lisp, which isn't exactly known for being all that friendly to the new programmer. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing? by wesleyzhao on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @02:25PM (#2194382)

I was actually referring to RoR in regards to support concerns but I appreciate the arc response :). Still helpful.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails really worth knowing? by cheald on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @02:30PM (#2194405)

Ah, sorry. RoR has a very vibrant and active community, and I don't think you'll have any problem finding help with it if you choose to go that route.

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