Python over Ruby for Web Development?

So should you go with Python or Ruby?

If you are looking purely in job terms, Ruby (on Rails) is a good choice. Of course this depends where you are geographically located.

Both are good languages and have frameworks for building web apps. For Ruby that's "Ruby on Rails", also named RoR. For Python there's Django and Flask.

On average there are more Python jobs (in my location), but when you go the Ruby road you can be sure it's rails. For Python jobs it's all over the place as it's also popular for Machine Learning, Data Mining and other more scientific applications.

Making web apps

These days, Ruby is more or less stabilized in terms of popularity. While Pyton web development has become a bit more popular.

You can Tango with Django or get on the track with rails. Both are fine.

So what about Flask you ask? In my opinion Flask is the most easy frameworks of all, because it's a micro framework it's easy to setup and run. But while it's easy, it doesn't come with all of the features (by default) that Rails or Django have.

In the end, it depends on what you want to do. Both are good tools for building web apps (including SaaS)

Read more

• Ruby programming tutorial
• Ruby on Rails: Web Apps with Ruby
• Django Web Framework Project