Ruby on Rails vs Node.js: which is better to choose?

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Yuri S.2013-12-01 06:59:11

Ruby on Rails

Yuri S., 2013-12-01 06:59:11

What consumes less resources (memory), has fewer dependencies and performs its tasks more efficiently?

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Andrey Sidorov, 2013-12-02
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Node with rails can not be compared at all. No way.
An analogue of a node in Ruby is https://github.com/eventmachine/eventmachine - a framework for asynchronous work with sockets. Everything that can be done in a node can also be done in the eventmachine.
Eventmachine resources will eat up more nodes. Not by orders of magnitude, but at times. This is a minus, critical only in very rare situations. The advantage of the eventmachine will be that it will not be used javascript, but ruby and all the accompanying ruby infrastructure - thousands of libraries (gems) for all occasions.
You didn’t write what purpose you choose the framework for, but I can assume that for some web project, for 99.99% of which neither node nor eventmachine is suitable due to their asynchrony and low-level nature.
If you need a framework for writing a web application, then rails simply has no competitors in the ruby / nodejs environment. express.js/sinatra and other mini frameworks for something serious should not be considered, although if you like to invent bicycles and do everything by hand, then you can.

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pomeo, 2013-12-01
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You are comparing wrong, only express.js vs sinatra makes sense.

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pavelBEPCTAJLLlIK, 2014-07-11
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