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Node js vs Ruby on Rails For Web Development

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In this video we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of both Node.js and Ruby on Rails for web development. It is not an apples to apples comparison but we are looking at them as server-side technologies. If it makes you feel better, replace Node.js with Express. SUPPORT: We spend massive amounts of time creating these free videos, please donate to show your support: http://www.paypal.me/traversymedia http://www.patreon.com/traversymedia FOLLOW TRAVERSY MEDIA: http://www.facebook.com/traversymedia http://www.twitter.com/traversymedia http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradtraversy

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'embed', 'start': 330.329, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 338.913, 'text': 'all right, with express or some other node frameworks, you have a ton of freedom as far as structure, but you also have enough rope to hang yourself.', 'start': 330.329, 'duration': 8.584}, {'end': 344.683, 'text': 'in some cases, Rails has really good database migration functionality.', 'start': 338.913, 'duration': 5.77}, {'end': 353.929, 'text': 'They allow us to do things like create and edit tables and columns in our database without having to manually go in and add and change things.', 'start': 345.543, 'duration': 8.386}], 'summary': 'Express and other node frameworks offer freedom and risk, while rails provides strong database migration functionality.', 'duration': 23.6, 'max_score': 330.329, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ330329.jpg'}, {'end': 418.683, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 376.409, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 381.671, 'text': "When it comes to prototyping and rapid development, there's not too many technologies out there that can beat Rails.", 'start': 376.409, 'duration': 5.262}, {'end': 388.714, 'text': 'So some basic configuration and a couple scaffolding commands and you have yourself a full functioning CRUD application.', 'start': 382.192, 'duration': 6.522}, {'end': 392.296, 'text': 'And again, database migrations add to that speed.', 'start': 389.495, 'duration': 2.801}, {'end': 401.62, 'text': 'Node.js and Express is fairly good with fast development if you use third party tools and modules, but Rails has all that stuff right out of the box.', 'start': 392.836, 'duration': 8.784}, {'end': 408.978, 'text': "All right, now there are some pros and cons to the Ruby language, but for the most part, it's well respected.", 'start': 403.015, 'duration': 5.963}, {'end': 410.279, 'text': "It's very clean.", 'start': 409.438, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 418.683, 'text': 'A lot of it actually looks like plain English, and that was the intention of Yukihiro Matsumoto, I think it is.', 'start': 410.299, 'duration': 8.384}], 'summary': 'Rails beats node.js for rapid development with clean, english-like syntax.', 'duration': 42.274, 'max_score': 376.409, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ376409.jpg'}, {'end': 472.413, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 441.089, 'weight': 0.902, 'content': [{'end': 444.651, 'text': "It's similar to NPM for Node.js, which we'll talk about in a little bit.", 'start': 441.089, 'duration': 3.562}, {'end': 453.638, 'text': 'All Rails applications have a gem file where you can specify your gems and then you can run a bundle or command to install all of them,', 'start': 445.492, 'duration': 8.146}, {'end': 455.94, 'text': 'similar to NPM install with Node.js.', 'start': 453.638, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 466.972, 'text': "Alright, so another great thing about Ruby on Rails is that it's been around for a while and it has a very respected and intelligent community.", 'start': 457.95, 'duration': 9.022}, {'end': 472.413, 'text': 'The developers that maintain Ruby on Rails are extremely smart and very passionate about the framework.', 'start': 467.532, 'duration': 4.881}], 'summary': 'Ruby on rails has a gem file for specifying gems and has a respected community.', 'duration': 31.324, 'max_score': 441.089, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ441089.jpg'}], 'start': 215.959, 'title': 'Comparing node and rails', 'summary': 'Compares the mvc structure, rapid development aspects, and flexibility of node.js and the strong foundation, opinionated nature, rapid development, and database migration features of ruby on rails, while addressing their respective communities, performance, and popularity.', 'chapters': [{'end': 330.329, 'start': 215.959, 'title': 'Node vs. rails: a comparison', 'summary': "Discusses the strong 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configuration and scaffolding commands, enhancing speed and efficiency.', 'Rails has a very strong and opinionated MVC structure, resulting in easier and cleaner code with fewer errors and issues.', 'Node is much more flexible in its structure than Rails.', 'Rails documentation and examples for simple scaffolding commands and database migrations are well-documented.']}, {'end': 1166.805, 'segs': [{'end': 734.552, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 708.71, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 717.037, 'text': "There's a flourishing open source community around Node and the Express framework with many well-developed modules on NPM.", 'start': 708.71, 'duration': 8.327}, {'end': 721.508, 'text': 'When it comes to speed and performance, Node knocks Rails right out of the water.', 'start': 717.967, 'duration': 3.541}, {'end': 724.089, 'text': 'Actually, it pretty much knocks anything out of the water.', 'start': 721.708, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 728.33, 'text': 'It runs on the Google V8 JavaScript engine, which is lightning fast.', 'start': 724.129, 'duration': 4.201}, {'end': 734.552, 'text': 'Node is used to build real-time web applications that almost feel like desktop applications.', 'start': 729.39, 'duration': 5.162}], 'summary': 'Node and express have a strong open source community, offering speed and performance with the google v8 engine.', 'duration': 25.842, 'max_score': 708.71, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ708710.jpg'}, {'end': 810.168, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 784.575, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 794.121, 'text': "Almost all big companies that I read about that have shifted to Node.js, they've reported at least a decent rise in productivity.", 'start': 784.575, 'duration': 9.546}, {'end': 800.546, 'text': 'Another great advantage to Node is that it uses JavaScript, which is widely used.', 'start': 795.342, 'duration': 5.204}, {'end': 807.886, 'text': "With many web stacks, the language on the front end is different from the back end, and that's not the case when using Node.js.", 'start': 801.4, 'duration': 6.486}, {'end': 810.168, 'text': "We're using JavaScript on the front and back end.", 'start': 807.906, 'duration': 2.262}], 'summary': 'Adoption of node.js leads to increased productivity and unified use of javascript for front and back end.', 'duration': 25.593, 'max_score': 784.575, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ784575.jpg'}, {'end': 960.328, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 937.879, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 947.443, 'text': 'an example of a cpu intensive task is something like 3d rendering, video encoding, scientific modeling, sorting things like that.', 'start': 937.879, 'duration': 9.564}, {'end': 948.583, 'text': 'all right.', 'start': 947.443, 'duration': 1.14}, {'end': 952.965, 'text': 'another complaint with node is that it can be a little inconsistent.', 'start': 948.583, 'duration': 4.382}, {'end': 960.328, 'text': "some feel that the api keeps changing at frequent intervals and it's it's sometimes not very backward compatible.", 'start': 952.965, 'duration': 7.363}], 'summary': 'Cpu intensive tasks include 3d rendering, video encoding, scientific modeling. node.js api can be inconsistent.', 'duration': 22.449, 'max_score': 937.879, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ937879.jpg'}, {'end': 1102.715, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1074.764, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1079.947, 'text': 'All right, so some big names that have used Node.js, LinkedIn, which is right up there with Twitter and Facebook.', 'start': 1074.764, 'duration': 5.183}, {'end': 1087.091, 'text': 'They actually switched from Ruby on Rails to Node.js quite some time ago and they switched mostly for scaling reasons,', 'start': 1080.327, 'duration': 6.764}, {'end': 1091.194, 'text': 'because Node happens to scale better in most situations.', 'start': 1087.091, 'duration': 4.103}, {'end': 1094.89, 'text': "Most of eBay's front end stack is built on Node.", 'start': 1092.368, 'duration': 2.522}, {'end': 1097.331, 'text': 'PayPal widely uses Node.js.', 'start': 1095.25, 'duration': 2.081}, {'end': 1102.715, 'text': 'Yahoo As far as I know, Clout, Geeklist, and Storify all use Express.', 'start': 1097.432, 'duration': 5.283}], 'summary': 'Node.js is used by big companies like linkedin, ebay, paypal, and yahoo for scaling and front end development.', 'duration': 27.951, 'max_score': 1074.764, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ1074764.jpg'}], 'start': 619.929, 'title': 'Ruby on rails vs. node.js', 'summary': "Compares the usage of ruby on rails and node.js, highlighting node.js's popularity, performance, scalability, and flexibility, as well as its advantages over rails. it also discusses the pros and cons of node.js, emphasizing its scalability and performance while addressing its limitations in cpu-intensive tasks and potential api inconsistency.", 'chapters': [{'end': 893.04, 'start': 619.929, 'title': 'Comparison of ruby on rails and node.js', 'summary': 'Discusses the usage of ruby on rails and node.js by major platforms, highlighting the shift towards node.js due to its popularity, performance, scalability, and flexibility, along with its advantages over rails.', 'duration': 273.111, 'highlights': ['Node.js is extremely popular and in high demand in startups, with a flourishing open source community and a high market demand. Node.js is in high demand in startups, has a flourishing open source community, and high market demand.', 'Node.js outperforms Rails in speed and performance, running on the Google V8 JavaScript engine, and is used to build real-time web applications. Node.js outperforms Rails in speed and performance, running on the Google V8 JavaScript engine, and used to build real-time web applications.', 'Node.js is asynchronous, scalable, and works well with NoSQL databases, leading to increased productivity in companies that have shifted to it. Node.js is asynchronous, scalable, and works well with NoSQL databases, leading to increased productivity in companies.', 'Node.js uses JavaScript on both the front and back end, aligning with the dominance of client-side frameworks and JSON APIs, providing flexibility in file structure and application construction. Node.js uses JavaScript on both front and back end, provides flexibility in file structure, and aligns with client-side frameworks and JSON APIs.', 'Major platforms like Twitter, Shopify, Basecamp, GitHub, Bloomberg, SoundCloud, Hulu, Groupon, LivingSocial, SlideShare, and Urban Dictionary have used or currently use Ruby on Rails in their platforms. Major platforms like Twitter, Shopify, Basecamp, GitHub, Bloomberg, SoundCloud, Hulu, Groupon, LivingSocial, SlideShare, and Urban Dictionary have used or currently use Ruby on Rails.']}, {'end': 1166.805, 'start': 893.04, 'title': 'Pros and cons of node.js vs. ruby on rails', 'summary': 'Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of node.js, highlighting its scalability and performance, while also addressing its limitations in cpu-intensive tasks and potential inconsistency in the api.', 'duration': 273.765, 'highlights': ['Node.js is highly scalable and performs better than Ruby on Rails in most situations, making it a popular choice for big names like LinkedIn, eBay, and PayPal. Node.js is preferred over Ruby on Rails for its scalability and performance, as evidenced by big names like LinkedIn, eBay, and PayPal adopting it for their front-end stack.', 'Node.js is not suitable for CPU-intensive tasks such as 3D rendering, video encoding, and scientific modeling due to its single-threaded nature, which queues incoming requests during long CPU operations. Node.js is not ideal for CPU-intensive tasks like 3D rendering and video encoding, as its single-threaded nature queues incoming requests during long CPU operations, impacting performance.', 'Some developers find Node.js to be inconsistent, with frequent API changes and potential backward compatibility issues, while its flexible structure can lead to bad code if not managed properly. Node.js is criticized for its inconsistency, with developers expressing concerns about frequent API changes and potential backward compatibility issues, as well as the risk of bad code due to its flexible structure.']}], 'duration': 546.876, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/okMVc3-aCKQ/pics/okMVc3-aCKQ619929.jpg', 'highlights': ['Node.js outperforms Rails in speed and performance, running on the Google V8 JavaScript engine, and used to build real-time web applications.', 'Node.js is asynchronous, scalable, and works well with NoSQL databases, leading to increased productivity in companies.', 'Node.js is highly scalable and performs better than Ruby on Rails in most situations, making it a popular choice for big names like LinkedIn, eBay, and PayPal.', 'Node.js uses JavaScript on both front and back end, provides flexibility in file structure, and aligns with client-side frameworks and JSON APIs.', 'Node.js is not ideal for CPU-intensive tasks like 3D rendering and video encoding, as its single-threaded nature queues incoming requests during long CPU operations, impacting performance.']}], 'highlights': ['Node.js outperforms Rails in speed and performance, running on the Google V8 JavaScript engine, and used to build real-time web applications.', 'Node.js is highly scalable and performs better than Ruby on Rails in most situations, making it a popular choice for big names like LinkedIn, eBay, and PayPal.', 'Node.js is gaining popularity for rapid development and prototyping.', 'Rails provides rapid development through basic configuration and scaffolding commands, enhancing speed and efficiency.', 'Node.js is asynchronous, scalable, and works well with NoSQL databases, leading to increased productivity in companies.', 'Rails has a very strong and opinionated MVC structure, resulting in easier and cleaner code with fewer errors and issues.', 'Both Node.js and Rails are popular and well-respected server-side technologies, fairly easy to learn, using JavaScript and Ruby, with abundant learning resources available for both.', 'The comparison underscores the significance of factors like performance, ease of learning, and flexibility in choosing the best technology for learning or business implementation.', 'The chapter promotes respectful interaction and acknowledges the absence of a universal answer in technology comparisons.']}