Ruby on Rails rolls onward and upward [Video]

Will Ruby on Rails become the successor to Java? A couple of years ago I would have been jeered for asking that question. But today, scripting languages are the indisputed champs of Web development, and the open source framework Ruby…

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Will Ruby on Rails become the successor to Java? A couple of years ago I would have been jeered for asking that question. But today, scripting languages are the indisputed champs of Web development, and the open source framework Ruby on Rails leads the pack. A big milestone came last year when Apple decided to bundle Ruby on Rails with Leopard.

InfoWorld’s Martin Heller, who normally leans in a Microsoft direction, shouldered the task of comparing nine Ruby on Rails IDEs and editors. The result is a deep and graceful dive into Rubyworld. Depending on the task at hand and the OS in use, Martin has a Ruby on Rails solution for …