Comments on: PHP vs. Ruby

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:08:20 +0000

Sorry – new new data from me. My guess is there is plenty of debate on the web about this at this point.

By: Stuart Liroff

Stuart Liroff — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:46:28 +0000

Brad, great statistics! Do you have new data? Do you have pointers to discussions re: why use PHP, Python and/or Ruby. Are there reasons why an engineering team will choose one or the other?

By: Php Programmer

Php Programmer — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:16:04 +0000

PHP is really no match to Python. I have been PHP developer for 3 years and switched to python because i feel Python is more like a hybrid language. Because of python flexibility features i can easily scale.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:50:59 +0000

Programming is programming. The site itself is the goal. You all remind me of the mediocre student in grade school that was obsessed with her handwriting.

C# and Java are superior languages in terms of performance. Ruby (on Rails) and PHP (on a framework like CakePHP) are similar. Both slow but they make the lives of developers easy, which means developers work faster and clients pay less, which makes them happy.

Bottom line, if you're making what you believe will be the next Facebook, then use C# or Java (or PHP if you want ease in exchange for performance – Facebook uses PHP). If you're making a "Things to Do in Wichita" site, for example, scalability and performance don't matter and you can finish it in Ruby on Rails or CakePHP in half the time.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:23:14 +0000

Ultimately, though, all the different metrics in the world come back down to one simple thing:

You need to look at each language, you need to look at which one has the features you need, and you need to decide which one is the best way to go. PHP, Perl, Python, Java, C#, Cold Fusion… you have to look at which one supports the environment you feel comfortable with, which one gives you the features you need, and which one you will be most productive with. I haven't found reason yet to switch personally to PHP, and I don't think that any of these languages is likely to go away soon, so if it's the best language for me, it's the one I'll continue dealing with.

There's no wrong answer, only an answer that's most right for your development needs and goals.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:43:14 +0000

Ruby on Rails Deployment is getting easier now since most hosting companies are adding RoR support

By: What's A Coder?

What's A Coder? — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:36:21 +0000

I've programmed with ruby on rails first before php and ruby on rails was easier compared to php. I had a hard time with php now since i'm used to program in ruby. but still i got no choice.. in my place Ruby is not that popular yet. but i'm still a ruby fanatic…

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:47:07 +0000

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By: ytk

ytk — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:41:51 +0000

Where did you find this chart? I want to see updated chart to 2009 or 2008.

By: Johnny Bopp

Johnny Bopp — Sun, 06 May 2007 08:10:58 +0000

Ruby will supplant PHP, huh? is that why IBM and Oracle have thrown in with the keeper of PHP, Zend, and developed individual full-stack development environments for PHP but not for Ruby?