Alternatives to Rails
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Ruby on Rails (Rails) is a full-stack web application framework written in Ruby, created by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) and released in 2004. Rails introduced two principles that transformed web development: Convention over Configuration (sensible defaults eliminate boilerplate) and Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY, promote code reuse).
Django
Python equivalent — similar full-stack conventions with larger language ecosystem
Laravel
PHP equivalent of Rails — Eloquent ORM, Blade templates, similar conventions
Next.js
React full-stack framework — JavaScript throughout, dominant modern choice
Phoenix
Elixir's Rails equivalent — better concurrency and real-time features
Spring Boot
Java enterprise equivalent — better for JVM teams and large enterprises
FastAPI
Modern Python API framework — better for API-only backends without templates
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