Comments on Living in code: Rails won't become mainstream?

I know I am late to the party... In response to th...

2007-10-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

I know I am late to the party... In response to the first post by Jim. I am no genius web developer, I also don't suck. In fact I always say that I am good acid test for technology. Meaning, if I can wrap my head around it (some gadget, concept, language, ect) then most people can. I was an ASP developer for 5 years and I didn't really get it until I had done it for 3 years. I think that says volumes. Anyway, my point is... I think the "magic" is easily understood and anyone with a passion for web development can enjoy it, use it and build some fantastic apps. That's my 2 cents

Don't have such a low threshold for measuring succ...

2006-12-16T07:16:00.000-08:00

Don't have such a low threshold for measuring success. Success is Java, .NET, XML, Web Services, SOA, etc. Ruby has potential and an upward trajectory but can't yet be called successful.

In terms of getting large enterprises whose primary business model isn't technology involved in Ruby benefits Ruby by the simple fact that this demographic represents 90% (The masses) of all IT folks. More importantly, this same demographic has 590% more capital than the 10% that Ruby currently has. Capital allows folks to accelerate the growth, features and adoption of all the hard work the Ruby community put into it.

You should noodle this thought and even if you agree slightly, you should amplify it in your next blog entry...

Excellent points. I recall when you could hardly ...

2006-04-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

Excellent points. I recall when you could hardly get an ISP that offers PHP. It was all .asp and cgi/perl... Then within about a year everyone and his dog had PHP installed on a webserver. :: shrug ::

I have some ideas about the enterprise in my counterpoint article:

http://greenmeggsandspam.blogspot.com/

Great post Schep! I agree that the enterprise val...

2006-04-07T06:58:00.000-07:00

Great post Schep! I agree that the enterprise validity of Rails must be confirmed before it will ever go "mainstream". I think the entire idea of mainstream is questionable - when did Java become mainstream? 1.2? Clinton scandal? I think Rails will be able to become the defacto dev tool for mid-level sites/appz. I think the best way for that to happen might be the introduction into the education level? Thanks for the thoughts!

> I'm still learning Ruby, but I can tell you from...

2006-04-07T06:57:00.000-07:00

> I'm still learning Ruby, but I can tell you from experience that I was able to take the Agile Web Development with Rails book and read it, go through the examples and when I was done doing so I was comfortable using Ruby.

Here's the thing: not everybody is as smart as you. I make this mistake all the time. I think that just because *I* think something is really easy, then it must be easy.

Imagine the average person. About 50% of people are dumber than that.

Average web developers struggle with anything but the simplest JavaScript and PHP. It's very likely that Ruby is simply out of their reach. Sure, if they studied hard they might become proficient, but why would they do that if they already know PHP?