Ruby vs Python when building high performance webapp

Question

Hello there I'm building a high performance webapp, it needs

a) good team scaling i.e. new team member needs to be able to quickly get started
b) good app scaling, so the request load can grow

I was thinking between RoR and ruby + postgres vs Python and some framework;
I would like to avoid windows server administration and also I had not very pleasant experiences with JSP/JSF

Any comments on the choise would be appreciated

Answer 1

a) good team scaling i.e. new team member needs to be able to quickly get started

b) good app scaling, so the request load can grow

Both Ruby and Python applications can meet the demands listed above. RoR has matured over the years and so has Django. There are a whole lot of applications written using the two out there that meet the criteria you set above. This is not counting other frameworks in Python (for e.g. Reddit.com)

I guess the choice boils down to one question. Which of these do you prefer to code in?

Answer 2

You can made a really big and scalling application with both technology.

The big problem is not the technologie, it's the developper. If the developper can be good stuff, your application can sucks and not scalling. In other case, if you developper is good and made good scalling stuff your application can be great.

So find a good developper and use his better skills to do that.