Stephen Kellett wrote:
> HI Folks,
> 
> Anyone here done both ASP.NET and Rails? Care to compare and contrast? 
> I'm not interested in MS bashing, just the pros and cons of both 
> environments.
> 
> The reason I ask is that I've just read on joelonsoftware that he thinks 
> ASP.NET is excellent and is the best solution for server based work 
> presented on a website. I wonder if anyone thinks thats a valid 
> statement or not and can provide arguments for/against that point of view.
> 
> If ASP.NET does offer superior things to Rails, what can be done to 
> Rails and/or Ruby to change things?

Unless "Joel" has tried every other available web app framework, 
including Rails, then I wouldn't give too much weight to his claim.  It 
just means ASP.NET is his favorite framework of the ones he's tried.

I haven't seriously used ASP.NET, but I have taken a look at it.  I 
think it's more well designed than Rails in some ways, but the bottom 
line for me is that it's so MS-centric, from the SDK all the way to the 
servers it runs under.  If that's not a problem for you then there are 
some definite advantages to .NET, but for all projects I've worked on, 
being tied to a MS platform wasn't an option.

Adam