Ruby on Rails Reviews (83)

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Ruby on Rails Reviews (83)

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Users consistently praise Ruby on Rails for its ease of use and rapid development capabilities, allowing developers to quickly build and iterate on applications. The strong community support and extensive library of gems enhance the overall experience, making it easier to find solutions to common problems. However, some users note that performance can be an issue as applications scale.
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Zhewei H.
ZH
Zhewei H.
Software Developer Internship
Internet
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"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.

Parth P.
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Parth P.
Intern
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"open source with repide development....."
5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

Just faster and essay web development... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Nothing but ya if it is provide virtual environment like python it would be great for us... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick X.
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Nick X.
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Insurance
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"Revolutionary to over done"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

The ruby language is rich and natural.

The rails framework made development so easy and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

It has become way to heavy and way too much "magic" behaviors that have to be learned. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
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"Great tool for web development"
5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

Rails provides fantastic tooling that helps you to deliver more features in less time. Lots of ready-to-use libraries and gems. Large community, so it's easy to get a support when you get stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Runtime Speed: Ruby on Rails might be "slow", especially for highload projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
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Verified User in E-Learning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Web developer"
5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

It's written in Ruby. I like principles such as convention over configuration, don't repeat yourself, using MVC and ORM. It's easy to find libraries (gems). It's open source and has a significant community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

I don't like turbolinks and problems with assets pipeline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Federico L.
FL
Federico L.
iOS Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Easy and Fast web Development"
5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

It's ease of use and how fast you can put together a working website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Convention over configuration is OK, though when something not standard needs to be done is sometimes painful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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"Productive, easy to pick up code from other developers due to convention by configuration"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

Convention over configuration. Easy to get a web project up and running with a nice framework to work in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Not scalable for large web projects. Although convention over configuration approach can help speed up development for most projects, it can sometimes get in the way when you have requirements that don't "fit into the box" that Rails provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Siddhartha D.
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Siddhartha D.
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Internet
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Framework that i can talk with in english"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

Convention over configuration is the best thing that i've seen in ROR Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Little slow compared to other, so i can say performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Matthew B.
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"A great web framework "
4/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

ActiveRecord makes dealing with databases a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

One issue with Rails is that release schedule is not stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development
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"It's good, but I'd rather it was statically typed"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Ruby on Rails?

Very convenient, lots of libraries for most use-cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ruby on Rails?

Dynamic typing is error-prone and not expressive enough Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.