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by jinushaun 5232 days ago
Rails is a compilation of best practices collected over years while developing web applications. It's not a "Hello World" framework like Sinatra where you can be as simple or as complex as you like--inevitably reinventing the wheel in the process. It's framework designed for large codebases with templates, ORM, caching, views, MVC, etc. It requires you to think about your entire system and all its parts up front.

So no, Rails is not for beginners. Don't let the 15 minute blog video fool you.