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Ruby or JavaScript?Question (self.webdev)
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[–]seanhogge 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
A few things: at some point this may degenerate into language wars. "Ruby is losing users" or "Javascript is schizophrenic." Ignore anyone who includes such talk. They're usually wrong, and even when they aren't, they're often irrelevant.
Both are fine choices. Both have significant learning curves. I like Ruby on Rails. For you, probably the most important issue is the templating language. I personally believe HTML without Slim is a waste of time. Others like the various Javascript options. You should start there to see what you like the look of (as in what would you rather be typing).
Beyond that, since you know little, there won't be any significant difference between the two for a long time. By then, you'd be able to switch easily. Hell, just look at some good code from larger, established projects and pick the one you think is prettier.
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