Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails or Node.js/MEAN more in demand?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9157671

by gamechangr • 11 years ago

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I have exposure to both Rails and Node.js and don't know enough about the job market/trends to know which one I should put a 1,000 hours into?

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

Ruby on Rails

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

Node.js ( MEAN - including Mongo, Ember, Angular)

iends5• 11 years ago

MEAN = Mongo, Express, Angular, Node

gabamnml• 11 years ago

Today is Node.js with Angular, React, Ember. But I think Mongo was a little stagnant, is not what it used regarding its use and popularity.

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

Thanks... I have been thinking that the Javascript community is huge, much much larger than the Rails community. Many of the larger companies just end up writing their libraries in Javascript, then the Ruby on Rails world waits for a Rubyist to write a gem that ports their library to Rails. Again, you use Javascript when you do library integrations.

squiguy72• 11 years ago

I thought the E in MEAN was for the Express server. [1] I think they both have a strong hold on the market nowadays in terms of usage.

[1] http://mean.io/#!/

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

Good point = upvote, I've heard it both ways, but yeah they both have a role to play.

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

Which way would you vote, if you needed to prioritize?

phantom_oracle• 11 years ago

I would think Python is pretty popular and more versatile than either of those 2 options.

Given the fact that it is used beyond web programming to do just about everything where performance doesn't matter.

iends5• 11 years ago

Python is more popular in the sense that it is often listed as a "nice to have" on many resumes, and is also often used by non-developers like DBAs, SysAdmins, biologists, & mathematicians.

But from a "build a new product" perspective, Python is losing to Ruby, Go, and JavaScript.

dreaminvm• 11 years ago

This is just untrue. Plenty of high performance products are Python based, just look at Instagram, Dropbox etc.

bjourne• 11 years ago

Your thinking is flawed. But if you just want to chase the current job market then put your hours into ASP.NET.

gamechangr6• 11 years ago

I appreciate the feedback and will upvote this.

I understand that I really need to learn to program by picking "any" language.

I get paid a good six figure salary right now and I am not in programming. I would like to "lessen" the transition time to become a developer by paying a tutor and getting a couple hundred hours into learning and then quit my job and make the jump.

Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails or Node.js/MEAN more in demand?

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