Ruby on Rails gaining on Java
Eweek says that Ruby on Rails is poised to overtake Java as the language of choice for the web:
However, the non-Java Ruby on Rails, which is based on the Ruby dynamic language, has posed perhaps the biggest threat to Java development on the Web tier.
And perhaps the biggest Java “pressure-izer” is David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails, who shared his thoughts on the new development landscape with eWEEK.
David does note in the article that while lots of people are using RoR in some way, it would appear that very few are using it in true production environments. But I would guess that if lots of new/younger programmers are playing with RoR in their spare time, eventually it will start showing up in a big way in IT departments as those people get hired and move up.
RoR is not poised to overtake Java, not at all. I like RoR, much better than Java IMHO, but RoR is being overhyped, unfortunately. I’m still unable to find a single case of RoR really replacing Java.
heh…hype…java…heh
I must agree with Nate. As far as hype is concerned… Java? RoR? Pot? Kettle? :)