Ruby Vs Python by Language

Philosophy

Ruby:
“Do more with less. Developer freedom and flexibility, and more than one way to do things”.

Python:
“One right way to do things”

Development

Ruby is regarded as one of the fastest development language. We have multiple ways to do one thing.
The methods in ruby are as of “Human Language” such as, merge, select, sort, map etc.,

Python uses one best way to do things and inelegant to read. Features are less available in Python unlike Ruby.

Verdict: Ruby

Scalability

Python is used in search engines, data analysis websites having huge traffic. Some of the most popular libraries include tools for data manipulation and visualization (NumPy, SciPy, and matplotlib), data mining and Natural Language Processing.

Ruby is not suitable for high traffic websites and it’s not easy to deploy.

Verdict: Python

Debugging

Ruby on rails developers know how tough it is to debug in Ruby. Innovation happens faster but causes something to break.

Python innovates slower but it’s stable and diverse.

Verdict: Python

Innovation

Nothing can beat ruby in Innovation. Tons of features, Gems and methods bring less overhead to developers. Python community could not innovate faster but they are stable.

Verdict: Ruby

Community

Both language have been backed up with large communities and have deep roots in software developement.

Verdict: Tie

Usability

Considering syntax, Ruby has better usability with “Human language” methods. Python’s identation and methods does not add up to it’s usability.

Verdict: Ruby

Learning Curve

Ruby innovates faster due to it’s tons of features, which decreases the learning Curve. For a beginner, Python provides a better Learning Curve.

Verdict: Python

Performance

A high performing language helps you to produce scalable, secure and speedy software programs. An average run time for a certain lines of codes is comparitively less in Ruby than Python.

Verdict: Ruby

Job Posting and Payscale

Start ups use Ruby with high payscale based on experience, which may include equity. Nevertheless, both being high level languages Python developers are paid well too. But considering Data science and analytics the future, we can have expect more payscale for Python developers in upcoming days.

Verdict: Tie

Language to learn in 2018

As machine learning and Artificial intelligence are booming industries, one needs to learn Python.
Nevertheless, start-up would always have more growth using Ruby than Python.

Verdict: Python

USAGE

Ruby: Apple, Basecamp, Hulu, Twitter, Github
and Airbnb
Python: Google, YouTube, PinInterest, Instagram,
The WashingtonPost.