Thanks everyone. You've confirmed what I have suspected. Also, an MIT CS
prof. suggested today to stick to python/django. Rails may be fast and
cool, but that it may offer too much "magic" to really know what's going on
and debug if needed. For a newbie like me, I need explicit guidance and
clear thinking. Maybe when I reach django ninja status, I can try other
more esoteric frameworks.
On Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:36:05 AM UTC-4, willyhakim wrote:
>
> Django learning curve might be steeper than Rails, but it will make you a
> better web dev in the long run. Check out realpython.com and maybe start
> by getting a solid foundation on python
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:55:58 PM UTC-5, Enrique Shadah wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am learning Django after trying once with Rails. As I am a newbie to
>> software development, Rails seemed more obscure and difficult to digest. I
>> chose to learn Django because Python is easier to understand than Ruby (at
>> least to me) and because I thought it had a bigger or more enthusiastic
>> community to learn from.
>>
>> However, I am finding that Django has some limitations Rails does not.
>> One is that its community is fading (or at least it feels that way).
>> Another is that Rails seems to be better at automating mundane tasks
>> (staying true to the DRY principle). For example, rake db migrate can
>> add/subtract fields on table without writing any sql. Django can add
>> fields and tables with syncdb, but if I need to subtract fields or change
>> whether the field is required or not, I am faced to writing sql. This
>> seems pretty silly given that new site is constantly changing, thus models
>> will suffer many changes as users suggest/reject features.
>>
>> These are just two limitations off the top of my head. I am sure Django
>> is awesome, but could anyone share their views on whether I should just
>> learn Rails off the bat instead of going the Django then Rails route?
>>
>
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