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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/7/2016

"Convention over Configuration"

4/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

The Ruby language is truly the best feature of the Rails framework, but the contribution of David Heinemeier Hansson has been to exemplify the idea of 'convention over configuration'. When working in Rails, there is almost always a clear and efficient path to a solution (within the confines of web applications, at least). This makes Test-Driven Development very attainable, since the components needed for a new feature are easily worked out before the feature is built. This, in turn, expedites the creation of new applications and the maintenance of existing ones because it permits safe assumptions and expectations about organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Sometimes the creators of Rails take convention-over-configuration a little too far, resulting in undesirable libraries and limiting patterns being included with the framework. This, I feel, has made some trending concepts and architectures (SPAs, for example) unnecessarily complicated to implement without relying on other technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

The Ruby language is very nice for a developer to work with, and the inclusion of Action Cable in Rails 5 may finally make Rails a reasonable choice for real-time web applications. I would, therefore, choose Rails over alternatives for nearly any project, especially if working with a non-static team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recently, my company required a RESTful JSON API for an Angular application. Adapting the existing application to this use was a breeze due to consistent patterns and organization. I have repeated this experience with numerous feature requests, and picking up where someone else has left off is often trivial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Austin K.

IT Administrator

Computer Networking

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/3/2016

"Use it Everyday"

5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

The ease of development and creation of web applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Wish there was a more documentation to figure out complex objectives, but that's way of software development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

Yes use Ruby on Rails. It is amazing, the community is huge and getting bigger every day Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

We solved a problem in our company by developing a web app in rails to manage customers & their jobs(work orders). To create work orders & also log and print the workorders off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/3/2016

"Great for starting a company"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

The best part about Rails, is the community. It is a constantly evolving framework built in a very easy to understand language. Its also great for small teams as everything you might need to make a web application comes built in. From connecting to databases and handling data objects, to rendering views and handling sql injections to international languages. Ruby on Rails a complete package of everything you need to make a web application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

There is a lot of magic in Rails, by this I mean sometimes things just happen and you have no idea why. Furthermore, Rails has a lot of the same problems as Ruby, It's slow and gives the developer a lot of freedom to make a lot of mistakes. It also doesn't scale past 30 / 40 engineers unless you really know what you're doing. It becomes hard to maintain, slow and just a pain over all. Rails also still uses the MVC which a fairly outdated way of creating web applications as more people move to single page applications built with Node Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

Check out Node as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have worked at many companies that use Ruby on Rails as their main technology stack. The benefits are that Ruby on Rails works but not at a large scale and makes everything easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/3/2016

"Good for large apps but overkill for small webapps"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

If you are writing a big enough webapp I believe it's a good framework. It makes it easier to get started without configuring anything and it gives you a very good mvc based directory structure which can be a pain to configure for frameworks like Sinatra. There are lots of libraries that support ruby on rails integration out of the box so that's always a good thing.

Another good thing about Ruby on Rails is the community. You can almost always find a solution to any problem that you are looking for and that makes development a lot faster. And I love the generators that come with the framework; boy do they save time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Personally I don't like to start with so many things in my app. I have developed both using Ruby on Rails and Sinatra; my first instinct is to use Sinatra, because it's simply a very lightweight framework and I can configure/add things as I need them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

It's a great framework if you are starting out. It's in fact one of the best frameworks in Ruby and it's successful for a reason. Once you are at a scale, you might want to look a better language altogether. But don't worry Ruby can handle pretty large scale applications for most purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a developer and I have developed several services using Ruby on Rails. I have used it in the past to create some very large services, serving millions of people. It's a perfect framework for a startup and makes the development process easier for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/4/2016

"Excellent for web design"

5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

- minimum time requirement for web development

- one of the fastest growing community

- gem based support

- quick and easy way to develop large scalable website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

- comparatively less support in terms of multi threading

- not enough tutorials for rails 4

- Initial learning curve requires a little more effort than other languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

Absolutely yes, if you are a startu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

- I am building an e commerce website using ruby on rails. I think there are several gems like spree out there which helps me to launch it quickly with less effort and I can customized it according to my need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2016

"Excellent Experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

I like the fact that I can create applications very quickly, that I do not have to deal with too many technical details and I can focus on my business domain problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

I do not like the fact that does not enforce various object oriented patterns. For example, the decorator pattern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

They need to spend time on learning the framework and its capabilities. It has a steep curve if one has never done any Web development work in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solve the business problems around enterprise data management, e-shops. The benefits are the lower stack technical challenges that are already solved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muntasim A.

Founder & CTO

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/3/2016

"8 Years of experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

I like the conventions. If you can think correctly then you will find everything there in Rails. It recommends all the best practices for your applications. Another best thing is the community. If you search for anything, in 98% cases you will find it with 1/2 attempts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

I'm biased a lot with Rails, so everything looks good to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

If you really thinking about a framework to get your job done, grab it. Its more than a framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have developed wide range of applications, exploiting its gems and as a result rapid development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Blake H.

Software Developer

Telecommunications

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/3/2016

"Ruby on Rails is an excellent tool that accelerates development."

5/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

It allows us to quickly build out, test, and iterate on features. This is enabled by convention over configuration, a great open source community with a ton of gems, and easy-to-setup hosting platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Community gems are unreliable and often become outdated and abandoned by the original developers. Ruby is slow and scaling to meet the needs of a growing user-base is expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zhewei H.

Software Developer Internship

Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/3/2016

"Ruby on Rails web framework review"

4/5

What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

The framework is strictly MVC based. Each new user can build a web application with in 20 minutes. The ruby language is user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Ruby on Rails framework will load too many things at the very beginning. Some of them will never be used by developer. It will make the framework big and slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ruby on Rails:

Ruby on Rails is an open-source project. You can communicate with developer easily. It keeps updating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ruby on Rails solving and how is that benefiting you?

STRM education problems. We make our project totally open-source. Students can make contributions to our project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.