I use RoR because it excels at fast, quality development if one is willing to learn and use its conventions. It is not perfect, but for 99% of business applications, it is more than adequate. My clients have complex business problems that require well-documented, methodical solutions - they don't need gee-whiz buzzwordy anything. I'm also not married to RoR - we've done projects in MS SQL Server, Excel VBA (shudder) and ACLScript. We have a major web-based product done in Java and C#. RoR is still in the 'introductory' stage in my company - I'm driving it because after running a few projects on other platforms, RoR is best suited to what I do.
Learn to solve problems and organize and present solutions. Sharpen your English skills - for the US at least, it is difficult to get clients to trust someone to work on their team if there is a concern that the individual does not understand the language well. Your post was well written and understandable, but there were some quirks to it suggesting a non-native writer. For some, that can be an issue - more than it should be, in some cases. If your English skills are sufficient and your comprehension of the problem is such that you can prepare and present quality workproduct *and documentation*, you will be in high demand - and rightfully so. You will also be head-and- shoulders above most people I have worked with in the US. In short, don't tie your future to a single technology - technology changes. COBOL developers still work, but mostly on legacy systems. By all means - learn it in depth, but don't limit yourself, or think that tool-specific knowledge will always be as useful as it is right now. Best of luck. SR PS - I assume ou were talking about doing outsource work from the English-speaking parts of the globe. If not, then disregard the 'polish your English skills' bit - that is nice for the future if you plan to work outside India, but if you can do quality work and documentation in Hindi or whatever your target audience speaks and reads, you should be fine. PPS - COBOL Devs reading this, I am not disrespecting you, and I am aware that there is still active development in COBOL going on, and even new products, but you have to admit, it is somewhat of a niche compared to Java, or even RoR. On Jan 22, 12:06 am, Rails ROR <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I don't know whether this is a relevant question or not but i wanted to know > how ROR will be in future. > > Most of the MNC companies in INDIA are working on technologies like JAVA, > .NET. > > They are using tools for testing. > > Why aren't they using ROR much? > > Is it a right decision to buildup a career in ROR? > > But, I was really attracted by the ease of Code, the functionality, Handling > complex issues easily in ROR. > > Even ROR has testing mechanisms like Rspec,cucumber,watir.... > > The people of India who are working of ROR might be knowing this better .... > i guess. > > Please suggest on this. > > Thanks in advance. -- 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.
