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,
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