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Ruby on Rails differs from other technologies in the aspect that, while other enterprise technologies give more stress on configuration, RoR stresses convention, thus eliminating the need for lengthy configuration files based on XML. The base of RoR being Ruby gives it one more advantage, the advantage of working with a Very High Level Language. Above all RoR natively supports Model View Controller architecture.

However the question still remains: how effective and productive is RoR? In the world of web development where every new framework (whether based on Java or any other language) is touted to be the one to revolutionize the web programming paradigm, how can one be sure of authenticity of the claim? In this discussion I will try to present both the sides of RoR and leave the rest to your discretion.[Read More]

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