# Need Help Convincing Java Developers To Use Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-convincing-java-developers-to-use-rails/152156>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-convincing-java-developers-to-use-rails/152156 "2008-10-30T17:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-convincing-java-developers-to-use-rails/152156/1 "2008-10-30T17:24:42Z")

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I am working with two Java developers. We are developing a web app  
using the typical open source java libraries tapestry, hibernate,  
etc. I am trying to convince them to switch over to Rails. I was  
hoping to get some advice/articles from this group on what kind things  
can be useful in our discussion. I have searched the forum and the web  
but i was hoping to get real examples from peeps on this former who  
are former Java developers and their experience in the transition.

The only really usefule article i foudn is

> **[Java vs. Ruby on Rails - It is a Dead Heat](http://www.pardontheinformation.com/2008/09/java-vs-ruby-on-rails-it-is-dead-heat.html)**
>
> Pardon the Information about of Java vs. Ruby on Rails - It is a Dead Heat.

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-convincing-java-developers-to-use-rails/152156/2 "2008-10-30T18:08:09Z")

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On 30 Oct 2008, at 16:24, tashfeen.ekram wrote:

> I am working with two Java developers. We are developing a web app  
> using the typical open source java libraries tapestry, hibernate,  
> etc. I am trying to convince them to switch over to Rails. I was  
> hoping to get some advice/articles from this group on what kind things  
> can be useful in our discussion. I have searched the forum and the web  
> but i was hoping to get real examples from peeps on this former who  
> are former Java developers and their experience in the transition.

You may find [Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fr_j2r/from-java-to-ruby)  
of interest. There’s quite a lot of meat just in the excerpts from the  
book available there.

Fred