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No chance, relatively few software companies ever adopted Rails but a huge number went from Java or .NET -> JS/TS. The draw of cross project code reuse and havi
by phpnode 2y ago
No chance, relatively few software companies ever adopted Rails but a huge number went from Java or .NET -> JS/TS. The draw of cross project code reuse and having teams only needing to know a single language remains compelling.
- DoesntMatter22 2y agoJava was largely already being abandoned before NodeJS existed. A huge percentage of the web 2.0 companies were built on Rails. Twitter, Github, Shopify, AirBnB, Groupon, SoundCloud, Instacart were all built on Rails. It maybe flew beneath your radar but it was a phenomenon at the time, way before Node.js even existed.
- phpnode 2y agoThose examples aren't representative of the broader industry though. There are far more devs working at former Java and .NET shops that have never written a single line of Ruby and are all in on JS/TS now
- DoesntMatter22 2y agoWhat you are saying is hyperbole. They are "All" in JS/TS now? I never said JS wasn't bigger than Rails, but Rails was the first and biggest axe to fall against Java. JS just took the baton from them
- phpnode 2y agoI said they've gone "all in", not that they're all using JS/TS now