>That is interesting. I don't know much about RoR except that it's the current hot thing, and their developers are often elitists that look down on Microsoft devs.

It has a ONE great web framework, not a plethora like python
The fwk works with "convention over configuration", allowing very fast results.
This is not the python way - a python koan is the "explicit is better than implicit"
IMHO having sensible defaults like CoC is smarter.

>What do you know about Python? That seems to be the new current hot thing.

Python is much broader, more established and IMHO the better language,
but you have to pick and choose, esp. amongst web tools.
Writing a Webserver or other web stuff in Python is very easy,
sometimes only takes 1 not too large source file.
Perhaps too many good frameworks act as a splintering force.

The new hot current thing is Node.JS - a nonblocking server built on V8 allowing you
the same language back- and front-end. If JS were a better desgined language,
this would be my pick - and the need for JS browser side might make it IAC.

regards

thomas