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I’ve started learning RoR and I really like it – but it feels like it’s oriented in one specific way – a very basic MVC model.
Which type of web application might not benefit from using RoR? Are there any signs I can find while planning the architecture?
I don’t think there’s a specific technical reason not to use RoR – it’s fast, clean and can probably do anything PHP does.
The only reasons I can think of are the same consideration as to any other technology : Do you have the right people, is the legacy code (if any) compatible, are you in a market that makes it easy to find RoR people to support the code, and so forth.
There’s also a nice Quora thread about this question :