Mohit Sindhwani wrote: > Patrick wrote: >> Hi Everyone >> >> This is my first post to this list. I am not a full time programmer. >> >> I had been using Python for everything but for the past couple of months >> I have been using PHP for a website. After using PHP, I am now finding >> Python just too fussy and I am spending too much time debugging with it. >> I think Python is a great language but as a part time programmer I just >> want to get things done, I wish I could use PHP for everything but it's >> not so great offline. >> >> Based on this criteria alone, does Ruby sound about right for me? Is >> there anyone who can compare the debugging time between the two? >> >> Thanks in advance, hope this is not a stupid post-Patrick >> > Yes, it is right for you. It gets out of your way and lets you get > your work done. > > Cheers, > Mohit. > 7/24/2009 | 11:16 PM. > > > > I would agree with Mohit. I, too, am an amateur programmer, with never enough time. I came from Python also. I love Ruby's consistent syntax, compared to Python. I love it that "everything is an object". I find wonderful things in the libraries. And, this discussion list is tops for very quick and handy help when I get in trouble. I find that working directly from the command line (I'm running Kubuntu Linux), and using the ruby-debug gem (which doesn't yet work on ruby 1.9, so I use ruby 1.8.7 and am quite pleased with it), that debugging is usually quite straightforward. I have no complaints. I can absolutely get work done in this environment, and I'm almost always having a good time while doing it. Ruby is a very well designed language, and a joy to use. If you move to Ruby, do make use of this list, and do search the archives before posting, as there's a lot of good stuff there. Good luck! t. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << tc / tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~