I submit that anyone who takes the time to really learn Rails and how it works and the problems it solves will never want to use another web framework except for toy projects. It really is that good, and just keeps getting better every year.
It does one thing, web applications, and does it really, really well for the type of coder / team it was designed for.
People that belittle it by saying it has too much magic or whatever have never seriously tried to maintain a huge web application all by themselves. Web apps are ridiculously, mind-bogglingly complex, Rails conventions have been baking for well over a decade now.
If you're Twitter, maybe you have the resources to maintain a serious web presence without Rails. Everyone else is just handicapping themselves.
It does one thing, web applications, and does it really, really well for the type of coder / team it was designed for.
People that belittle it by saying it has too much magic or whatever have never seriously tried to maintain a huge web application all by themselves. Web apps are ridiculously, mind-bogglingly complex, Rails conventions have been baking for well over a decade now.
If you're Twitter, maybe you have the resources to maintain a serious web presence without Rails. Everyone else is just handicapping themselves.