Rails for PHP Developers
Posted on 13th February 2009 by Sameer
Over the last few years Ruby on Rails has been the “hip” thing in the web development world. For various reasons, I haven’t taken more than a cursory glance at the framework or language. Primarily, it’s because I’m very proficient in PHP and I’ve had the opportunity to use the language of my choice which ended up being PHP. But, it’s always good to keep up with trends and not limit oneself to a particular language. Increasingly people want Ruby experience. I would recommend a Web Developer have expert proficiency in one web scripting language (PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl, etc) and intermediate proficiency in at least another.
I was at the bookshop today looking at Ruby on Rails books and one particular book struck my eye: Rails for PHP Developers. The book example by example shows how to achieve particular goals with PHP code and then with Ruby code. For those, like me, who want to quickly understand the differences in the two languages, the book seems like it will be very useful.
