Ruby on Rails is the most efficient web development framework around.
By
Andrew Hedges
on February 18, 2007
Daniel Lyons and I (newfangledtelegraph) re-wrote a web app that had been under development for 2 years in just 1 WEEK. I had never used Rails before. That's the cat's meow.
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The use of "efficient" in this claim is ambiguous.
If you're referring to developer efficiency, then I'd be inclined to agree (although there are a few other frameworks that come close). However, in terms of computational efficiency, both Ruby and Rails have a long way to go before they threaten PHP.
Good point, Ryan. I was, indeed, referring to developer efficiency. PHP doesn't strike me as particularly computationally efficient, but I guess it's possible it's better in that regard than Ruby. This might be fodder for another claim, but I think PHP rules because it's pretty easy to pick up and bang out something that works. Ruby on Rails has a steeper learning curve, but once that hill is scaled, it lets you get sooooooo much done it feels like cheating.
Based on developer efficiency, and what I've heard about Seaside, it seems that because Seaside is willing to make opinionated changes in its architecture like adding sessions, removing templates, and hiding the fact that everything is stored in files, it can actually be faster/easier to use, as long as the developer is willing to make those leaps of faith.
On a personal level, though, the most efficient framework is the one with which the developer is the most comfortable. E.g. for me, the fact that Rails is a bit more down-to-earth suits me just fine.