# Longevity of ruby on rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670 "2010-04-27T17:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanboom)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670/1 "2010-04-27T17:43:48Z")

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Hi,  
I have recently added Ruby on Rails to my repertoire and as I start a  
new project, I find myself wondering: Why are so many of the postings  
I find as I search for help from 2006-2009?

Should I start my new project with RoR, [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET), Python/Django, Zen?

Is RoR thriving or dying?

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**Author:** ![vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanboom)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670/2 "2010-04-27T18:54:40Z")

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**Author:** ![vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanboom)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670/3 "2010-04-27T18:58:11Z")

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**Author:** ![vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanboom)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670/4 "2010-04-27T19:02:03Z")

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vanboom wrote:

> Hi,  
> I have recently added Ruby on Rails to my repertoire and as I start a  
> new project, I find myself wondering: Why are so many of the postings  
> I find as I search for help from 2006-2009?
> 
> Should I start my new project with RoR, [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET), Python/Django, Zen?
> 
> Is RoR thriving or dying?

None of those frameworks you’ve listed are in any danger of disappearing  
in the foreseeable future. I would no make my decision based on this  
criteria.

Ruby on Rails is most definitely in very active development, and there’s  
no sign of that stopping. Rails 3.0 is currently in it’s third beta and  
is now in the home stretch of a final release.

If you read any of the blogs on Rails 3 you’ll see just how devoted the  
core team is to making this an outstanding release of Rails.

As for the other frameworks you mentioned, I have little advice to give.  
I’ve not really used any of them so have no option on them. As for me  
[ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) is not even a consideration as it’s a Windows only platform.  
Python/Django is interesting, but the little I saw of Python I think  
I’ll stick to Ruby. Zen I’m not exactly familiar with unless you meant  
PHP and the Zend framework.

At the end of the day all of these are still very viable options. If you  
like Ruby on Rails there is no logical reason not to choose it that I  
can see. It certainly continues to be my choice.

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**Author:** ![vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vanboom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanboom)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/longevity-of-ruby-on-rails/187670/5 "2010-04-27T19:11:17Z")

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vanboom wrote:

> Hi,  
> I have recently added Ruby on Rails to my repertoire and as I start a  
> new project, I find myself wondering: Why are so many of the postings  
> I find as I search for help from 2006-2009?

2006-2009 is 48 months. 2010 is not quite 4 months. The odds favor  
finding pre-2010 material.

> Should I start my new project with RoR, [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET), Python/Django, Zen?

Definitely not [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET). And do you mean Zend rather than Zen?

> Is RoR thriving or dying?

Thriving. I’m doing Rails work for a Fortune 100 company at the moment.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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