Re:Ask YC: Should I use a framework or just write the code m...
by mechanical_fish on Thursday November 15, 2007 @09:27PM
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Flip a coin.
It doesn't have to be a balanced coin: I like Ruby, so my coin was biased toward Rails. Ergo, I learned Rails, and will probably go on to play with Merb and Camping.
Meanwhile, very smart people assure me that Python is nice, and I hope to learn it before I die.
The important thing is to just get moving. Deciding between Rails and, say, Drupal is complicated, with lots of technical, marketing, and business factors in play. But RoR, Django, and the gang are so much alike that the decision comes down to that simple coin flip.
It doesn't have to be a balanced coin: I like Ruby, so my coin was biased toward Rails. Ergo, I learned Rails, and will probably go on to play with Merb and Camping.
Meanwhile, very smart people assure me that Python is nice, and I hope to learn it before I die.
The important thing is to just get moving. Deciding between Rails and, say, Drupal is complicated, with lots of technical, marketing, and business factors in play. But RoR, Django, and the gang are so much alike that the decision comes down to that simple coin flip.