[swalsh]

I think you're right if Rails was built for "production" applications. However, the way most people tend to use Rails is a prototyping framework. The nature of Ruby and the vast ecosystem of components (gems) makes building something very quick. It is definitely my go-to solution If I want to experiment with an idea.

The problem is if the prototype is successful, it becomes the production system and all the things that helped initial development start to hurt maintenance. That though is a different topic.

My point is having Rails give a good set of starting vectors for all things web development is a big part of why it is so quick to get started, it's what makes it great for prototyping.

[danneu]

"There is nothing so permanent as a temporary solution"