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An Excel­lent Rails/Python/etc post by Ian Bick­ing: There’s so much more than Rails

I think part of the RoR/Python/TurboGears/etc debate is com­mented on in one of the com­ments — Py* peo­ple see brain­share head­ing towards RoR — touted as the “one true toolch­est” for new-fangled web devel­op­ment, and part of them fear the brain-drain.

I think another part is an “all or noth­ing” approach to things a lot of peo­ple in pro­gram­ming tend to take. Hav­ing spent a good deal of time around Java Zealots for the last 5 years, I know the pit­falls in that way of thought.

Peo­ple, get with the pro­gram — for every job, there is a tool. Some tools are bet­ter suited for the Job at hand. It is bet­ter to know as many tools as you can instead of spe­cial­iz­ing in a sin­gle one, or using the wrong tool for the job.

You would not use a ham­mer to cut glass, and you would not hire a “ham­mer spe­cial­ist” to per­form wart removal.

An Excellent Rails/Python/etc post by Ian Bicking: There's so much more than Rails I think part of the RoR/Python/TurboGears/etc debate is commented on in one of the comments - Py* people see brainshare heading towards RoR - touted as the "one true toolchest" for new-fangled web development, and part of them fear the brain-drain. I think ...