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Discussion on: Node.js VS Rails?

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guledali

Why is node.js so popular as a back-end server and what is so bad about Rails?

So I consider myself to be junior++ ruby developer. Just my background, I like using rails for building api for my spa.

As developer I enjoy oop but also writing tests, this is the thing. When I was first started getting into to doing smaller backend projects with node.js None of the tutorials I went through covered any testing at all.That was a dealbreak at time but also ruby is very enjoyable to write and very elegant programming language I would say but that said.

I think is because more innovation is going on node.js compared to ruby that + they are less developers that are familiar with ruby. Personally I have started lately getting excited about node.js again because of lambda functions and the serverless movement.

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Sim Greenbaum

I love ruby and it is so much more fun to write in ruby lol . When i had to create a small Twillo app I built it in ruby 😊😊