honestly i haven't looked at laravel recently enough to remember the specifics (although others here seem to have), but 2 general stengths are (1) ruby is more consistent, intuitive and fun vs. php, and (2) rails has reasonable defaults, easy configurability on top of that, and a nice ecosystem of both built-in and community-built widgets. it's so fast to get up and running with rails.
but i'd pick php over js any day! (probably even over python/django, unless data mining is a core concern)
Which part do you see that is not performance in that benchmark which shown the average time? I have tried benchmark on my own and PHP took longer than RubyJIT.
Polish and refinement. Ruby's expressiveness and clean design make possible a level of elegance in Rails that I haven't seen in any other web framework. Ruby lends itself to DSLs much more than most other languages, Clojure excepted, and its meta-programming makes possible a number of shortcuts which help you to get a project up and running in record time. Add to that the magnitude of commits to the Rails project over its 14-year history and you have an ideal tool for SME web projects.
clairity|6 years ago
but i'd pick php over js any day! (probably even over python/django, unless data mining is a core concern)
tylerjwilk00|6 years ago
[1] https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
todotask|6 years ago
cutler|6 years ago