[ransom1538]

Most actual work is in "php". But, it isn't 'hip' anymore. So, they teach ruby. Ruby is more difficult and less clear. Rails itself is a land of 'gotchas' (I have 10 years exp in both). After learning ruby/rails it will be difficult to find work and understand basic database constructs.

/end rattling my cane

https://www.google.com/search?q=php+vs+rails+stats&ie=utf-8&...

[bdcravens]

According to first link in those search results, ColdFusion is as popular as Ruby. I think you have to factor in the number of PHP "applications" where there's little to no development needed. There's a tremendous number of websites thrown up on $5 hosting with Wordpress and a $20 theme.

> After learning ruby/rails it will be difficult to find work and understand basic database constructs.

Doesn't have to be that way, but I'd posit that developers should learn to build an application using pure SQL before they learn an ORM.

[aclsid]

Agreed on the first part. Don't know Ruby but the amount of hate PHP gets is not normal, especially for such a mainstream language

[knocte]

I guess you meant "it will not be difficult...".

Otherwise, can you ellaborate?

[ransom1538]

Also, as you can see, mentioning php will get you down voted.