On Jul 23, 4:19 pm, AlwaysCharging <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I just didn't know if php's community would be better for a noob > like me. Both seem pretty well documented, but php is far greater in > popularity (probably because its been around longer? and sites don't > want/need to switch).
PHP has been around longer. However, Ruby is a *much* better-designed language than PHP. > > Like I stated in my above response, I guess what I'm asking is which > has a better community? I daresay a higher percentage of Rails developers are interested in good coding and design practice. (Yes, I know that many PHP developers are interested in these things too, but it's amazing how many of them have switched away from PHP...) > > Just running a quick search on google, I didn't find any rails forums > that seemed all that active. Um, WTF? The Rails mailing list -- where we are right now -- has 18883 users and lots of activity. By the way, Patrick Lenz used a Digg clone as the main example in his Rails book. Although I don't recommend the book, that certainly addresses your original question. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
