After listening to this weeks Ruby on Rails podcast where Geoffrey Grosenbach interviewed Bruce Tate, it got me to thinking about why Ruby on Rails appeals to me. For me as a Java person, the real appeal of Ruby lies in Rails and here’s why:
“Even for experienced developers, it can make sense to have a generic / base / bare-bones application from which to work… here are several barebones Rails apps that might provide a good base for your own template…”
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