I realize I'm late coming to the Ruby on Rails party, but wow, just wow.

I would classify myself as an asp.net C# developer, Java before that, C/C++ before that then there was basic and Ada (yes, Ada). All things considered I'm very comfortable with knowing what's going on behind the scenes and generally pretty excited about new technologies. I was excited to start using the MVC stuff for ASP.NET when it came out.

All I can say about Ruby on Rails is wow, it's really magic.

After developing with it for just a few days I can see how much work and thought was put into making it a really usable fun language that does a lot of the pedantic work for you. Their MVC paradigm isn't forced, but rather feels like the entire language and framework were built around it. The language is comfortable even though it's new. All in all, if you've been thinking about trying out ruby on rails, give it a shot, and be amazed.

Will I start writing every little thing in ruby? No. I still love C#, but being a technophile I'm always interested in the next thing that's going to make me smarter or make my life easier. Learning Ruby has done that. I'll keep it up and check back here.

Labels: coding, free time, interesting