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Why use Ruby on Rails

There are many reasons to use Ruby on Rails. Here are the most prominent:

Productivity Gains

• Smaller teams
• Improved time to market
• More simultaneous projects
• Exponential savings when productivity gains are combined

Code management

• Less code = easier management

Ability to have faster iterations

• No compiling means you see the newest code sooner

Simpler solution for the most common business problem:

• Putting a web front-end on a database

Backed by industry visionaries

• Martin Fowler - ThoughtWorks
• Dave Thomas - Pragmatic Programmers
• Andy Hunt - Pragmatic Programmers
• Steve Case - Revolution Health (and former AOL CEO)

Open source

• Free (as in beer)

Growing community

• More people are learning and working with Ruby on Rails
• More books are being published

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