Why is Ruby on Rails more popular than Django?

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On Mar 6, 11:03 pm, Jason Hsu <jhsu802... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently in the process of learning Ruby on Rails.  I'm going through the Rails for Zombies tutorial, and I'm seeing the power of Rails.
>
> I still need to get a Ruby on Rails site up and running for the world to see.  (My first serious RoR site will profile mutual funds from a value investor's point of view.)
>
> I have an existing web site and project called Doppler Value Investing (dopplervalueinvesting.com) that uses Drupal to display the web pages and Python web-scraping scripts to create *.csv and *.html files showing information on individual stocks.  My site has a tacked-on feel to it, and I definitely want to change the setup.
>
> At a future time, I will rebuild my Doppler Value Investing web site in either Ruby on Rails or Django.  The Ruby on Rails route will require rewriting my Python script in Ruby.  The Django route will require learning Django.  (I'm not sure which one will be easier.)

It is a natural programmer instinct that a uni-language solution is
felt cleaner than a multi-language one.  This feeling is valid under
the following assumptions:
- You are starting from ground up
- The investment in learning something new is not considered
significant

In your case, with a site already up (maybe with a tacked on feel) and
learning django a significant effort compared to directly coding in
RoR, you should look at polyglot solutions more carefully (eg not
directly relevant ... something like
http://www.igvita.com/2009/03/20/ruby-polyglot-talking-with-erlang/ )

IOW code your site in RoR and call out to your python scraper-scripts
may be an option to consider.