Should you use Ruby on Rails in 2024?

It’s great to see a resurgence of the framework responsible for so much internet goodness related to SaaS and web applications. It inspired me to make a somewhat biased but fair round-up of reasons to consider Ruby on Rails in 2024.

This post's ultimate TL; DR is that now is as good a time as any to use Ruby on Rails. I’ve fallen in love with the framework and am here to present reasons that might make you consider adopting it in 2024.

Timestamps:

00:19 - What is Ruby on Rails?
01:26 - 10x developer productivity
02:09 - Prototype rapidly
02:59 - Ruby on Rails CAN scale
03:35 - Job opportunities
04:53 - Cross-platform compatibility
05:38 - ActiveRecord ❤️
06:40 - Built-in Testing Frameworks
07:32 - Straight-forward RESTful API development
08:15 - Ruby ❤️
09:15 - Strong open source community
10:17 - Agility and Flexibility
11:02 - Integration with front-end frameworks
11:43 - Growing solutions for easier UI/UX design (shameless plug for railsui.com 🙃)
13:25 - Recap


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