Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#1

Post by joshowens » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 7:55 PM UTC

Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails
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Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#2

Post by rywalker » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

It might take some time, but I have to agree after working in Meteor for a few months, the developer experience is much better than trying to do Rails/Backbone Rails/Ember or Rails/Angular.

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#3

Post by joshowens » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

rywalker wrote: post #2

It might take some time, but I have to agree after working in Meteor for a few months, the developer experience is much better than trying to do Rails/Backbone Rails/Ember or Rails/Angular.

100% agree after a few months of hardcore work and then being forced back into rails.

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#4

Post by angersock » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

rywalker wrote: post #2

It might take some time, but I have to agree after working in Meteor for a few months, the developer experience is much better than trying to do Rails/Backbone Rails/Ember or Rails/Angular.

Ah, but one wonders about that comparison for vanilla Rails?

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

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Post by brucehubbard » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

rywalker wrote: post #2

It might take some time, but I have to agree after working in Meteor for a few months, the developer experience is much better than trying to do Rails/Backbone Rails/Ember or Rails/Angular.

It's not quite there yet but it's getting better by the day. There are still some things like UI animations that are possible in Meteor but aren't quite as easy as they are in client side Javascript frameworks.

It makes me feel a little better though that they are trying to be transparent about the flaws by publishing their roadmap:

https://trello.com/b/hjBDflxp/meteor-roadmap

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

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Post by purephase » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

It's the framework I'm most excited about and watching closely. I still think Rails has a place in the back-end (e.g. API) but Meteor is showing a lot of promise.

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#7

Post by al2o3cr » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:08 PM UTC

"Let's be real, Javascript is the #1 language on Github and for good reason - it runs everywhere."

Similarly, anal sex is the best kind because it works on all genital configurations. /snark

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#8

Post by rimantas » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:09 PM UTC

  > What if you could spend your time in one language
  > and one framework?

What if you eat everything with a fork?

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#9

Post by buckbova » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #8

> What if you could spend your time in one language > and one framework? What if you eat everything with a fork?

What if you eat everything with a spork?

Re: Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

#10

Post by zyang » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

Bold claims - at least fix the glitches in your blog first.