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Ruby on Rails vs. JavaScript

allyn on February 05, 2024

Intro As a beginner to software development, I want to explore the many different programming languages available. Today we’ll be taking...
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Nancy-techprep

Thanks for sharing this, looking forward to more content!

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Sven Schwyn • Edited

The title doesn't really make much sense, it's literally comparing apples with pears. But you explain this, RoR (framework) and JS (programming language), in the text. However, you got one important thing wrong. Both Ruby and JS are both interpreted, Ruby is not a compiled language. (Btw, this distinction is about to shift a little e.g. due to WASM, but for now, the most Ruby-like compiled language would be Crystal.)