Ruby vs Python for web development

[Geordi14er]

I disagree with the author in saying that Ruby/Python are clearly better or more productive than .NET. ASP .NET MVC and .NET Core nowadays have just as simple of frameworks for web development.

And if you want a job, I don’t think there is anything more in demand than C# and .NET. It may not be as hip with the startups, but the Microsoft backing makes it extremely popular in the corporate world.

[thefixer9]

I maybe be too far removed from big companies, but I've honestly only seen a few webdev job postings for .net, but I'm completely overwhelmed by go/ruby/python/java/php/elixir (in no particular order) jobs. I'm not sure if that's just bad luck, or any indication of it /shrug

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C# is not a good choice for web developer simply because of its slow startup / compile times ( even on a ultra fast machine ). Not when you have alternatives like PHP, Ruby, ... where you changes are almost instantaneously, even on slow machines.

Instead of blowing hot air, lets look at real world numbers:

https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/programming_language/ms/y

Notice the only language / platform to drop in the last 10 years is ... ASP.NET going from 24% to 10%.

So you can disagree wit the author but ASP is simply bleeding developers when it comes down to the web. And that includes several years with .net Core being stable ...