Every time I use something that isn't rails, I am reminded by how easy it makes things. You get
- validations
- basic architecture
- emails
- dependancy management
- asset packaging and management
- concept of "dev" vs "production" mode
- data access
- logging
- test framework
- easy way to provide an api
- access to loads of other things (like authentication/ auto CRUD / client side testing / etc)
and all of that usually is just a line or two of code to activate, and will get wired up with everything else. On top of that it is actually done well, and if you dont like any of those bits, they are easy to swap out (for example, I don't use the built in test framework, templating, or data access framework pretty much every, but it is STILL easy to get going quickly).
I understand that was a bit fanboi-ish, but if I were going to rave about rails, that is what I would say :)
- validations - basic architecture - emails - dependancy management - asset packaging and management - concept of "dev" vs "production" mode - data access - logging - test framework - easy way to provide an api - access to loads of other things (like authentication/ auto CRUD / client side testing / etc)
and all of that usually is just a line or two of code to activate, and will get wired up with everything else. On top of that it is actually done well, and if you dont like any of those bits, they are easy to swap out (for example, I don't use the built in test framework, templating, or data access framework pretty much every, but it is STILL easy to get going quickly).
I understand that was a bit fanboi-ish, but if I were going to rave about rails, that is what I would say :)