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Discussion on: Tell me 1 reason why I should go with Ruby on Rails for my next Web App project.

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Christopher Wray • Edited

Thank you so much!

I have a lot more experience with laravel, but I would like to dive into Ruby on rails just for the experience. Would you recommend I build on laravel or Ruby on rails based upon your experience?

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Travis Fantina

If you were shooting to create an MVP as fast as possible then hands down you should go with Laravel because it's what you know, as I would go with Rails. That said if you're looking to learn something new you can't go wrong with Ruby on Rails.

There are a lot of great resources out there. Rails is very opinionated which makes it beginner-friendly everything works pretty much as expected out of the box. The community is active and helpful.

For a comprehensive curriculum into Rails, I'd recommend the Odin Project: theodinproject.com/paths/full-stac...?

I learned Rails from Michael Hartl's book, learnenough.com/ruby-on-rails-6th-... it's no longer free but there is an older version you can still read for free: rails-4-0.railstutorial.org/book

I also wrote this encyclopedia of all the files and folders that Rails generates when you set up a new project:
freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens...

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Christopher Wray

That is super helpful!! Thank you so much.🙂