Ruby on Rails(RoR) vs Node.js: What Should You Choose?

What is launching a successful startup like? It’s like baking a delicious cake, that everyone likes. Well, almost. What do these procedures have in common? Ingredients. For the cake to be tasty you must know the recipe very well and use exactly those ingredients that are mentioned. Perfectly chosen ingredients equal tasty cake with the flavor you want to achieve.

Now, let’s take this parallel and move it to your startup software. The key ingredient of your startup is a programming language.

If you already analyzed available options and are now considering either Ruby on Rails or Node.js, we suggest looking through this comparison article for a clearer vision.

Node.js

This open-source runtime environment came out in 2009 and slowly gained developers’ favor. Node.js is used for server-side as well as client-side scripting, which makes web app development possible with a single programming language, JavaScript. Google-designed V8 JavaScript engine allows executing code outside the browser.

Node.js is characterized by the Node Package Manager ecosystem that includes a bunch of open source libraries. Built-in modules make Node.js an expansive platform and allow managing all files including computing resources and security.