OK. I am getting abit bored with PHP.
I’m thinking it would be nice to choose a language that didn’t evolve by accident, rather by design.
I’ve heard that the most salient difference between the two is that Python has one way to do things, while Ruby is like Java (so i’ve heard), giving you a plethora of ways to solve problems, and lots of syntactical sleights of hand.
Coming from an informal (ie.free-for-all) PHP upbringing, Python’s simplicity is appealing. On the other hand, Ruby has such a cool name! And anybody in webdev knows that Ruby on Rails= <3, at least for large database projects.
Python
If it’s good enough for Google, it’s good enough for me. Paraphrase – Gerlad.
It ditches { curly brackets for tabs } = less typing, less lines, and prevents sloppy coding habits.
Django framework said to rival Rails.
Ruby
Very visible community.
A lot of hype around Rails, cool command line tests and code generation.
A language that one can be enduringly intrigued with.
I’ll update this post as I learn more.
Tags: programming, python, ruby
