Rails just never hit the mainstream. That might be because it never had many powerful sponsors. There are some clever people and big companies that think it’s good to use. But I think the support is too scattered to attract an increase of use, so it languishes in the ecosystems.
And having hundreds of well maintained libraries will be the only way it can get popular now. And it cannot attract the new programmers in sufficient quantity to do that. And it cannot increase its sponsors until it has it.
So, it will remain a very cool thing most people won’t use
I kinda like the niche aspect. If you’re looking for a language to learn with broad appeal and applicability, then it might not be the best choice. But if you want to learn something unique for the sake of uniqueness, it could be pretty cool.
Wait, how does Ruby-on-Rails fit with those other ones? Is it a dying framework?
It had it’s brief moment in the sun ~20 years ago. It’s not dead, of course, but is in no way a “hot” technology today, as I understand it.
Ruby on Rails was always fringe but will always have its advocates
I just like the idea of anything-that-isn’t-javascript, and Ruby is an elegant language
Yea, it’s nice; I’ve coded with it.
Rails just never hit the mainstream. That might be because it never had many powerful sponsors. There are some clever people and big companies that think it’s good to use. But I think the support is too scattered to attract an increase of use, so it languishes in the ecosystems.
And having hundreds of well maintained libraries will be the only way it can get popular now. And it cannot attract the new programmers in sufficient quantity to do that. And it cannot increase its sponsors until it has it.
So, it will remain a very cool thing most people won’t use
I kinda like the niche aspect. If you’re looking for a language to learn with broad appeal and applicability, then it might not be the best choice. But if you want to learn something unique for the sake of uniqueness, it could be pretty cool.