Re:Which should i take, php or ruby on rails?
by krapp on Friday May 23, 2014 @12:10PM
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Ruby on Rails is a framework, not a language, so I think the better question here is between Rails and a PHP framework, say, Laravel.
At this point, unless the hipness of Rails over PHP matters to you, I would say PHP, if your primary concern is turning out sites quickly, for little cost. Also, perhaps the ecosystem around Wordpress and the other PHP frameworks are worth considering, as a way of making some money, also it's easy to find a host for PHP that's inexpensive. But I don't think one is probably much more 'right' than the other - it might be that, on average, you can charge more for a Rails site than a PHP one.
At this point, unless the hipness of Rails over PHP matters to you, I would say PHP, if your primary concern is turning out sites quickly, for little cost. Also, perhaps the ecosystem around Wordpress and the other PHP frameworks are worth considering, as a way of making some money, also it's easy to find a host for PHP that's inexpensive. But I don't think one is probably much more 'right' than the other - it might be that, on average, you can charge more for a Rails site than a PHP one.