Is this a “greenfield project” where no legacy code is in place?
If the client has legacy code in place that they are wanting to keep, the project will have problems when the time come to integrate the two codebases. Ruby on Rails can work in those places, it would just take some more effort and a very good deployment plan. 3. Are you skilled with Ruby on Rails or do you have access to a skilled development team? A lot of people get into Ruby on Rails thinking it is a magic bullet. Unless you have programmed in Ruby before, you are going to have to be a fast learner. Learning a new programming language (Ruby) along with a large framework (Rails) is going to be painful. Luckily Ruby is a very beginner friendly programming language, and you can pick up the major points in a few weeks. Because Ruby on Rails is very productive, it might be a good investment for a newcomer to take two weeks and write a simple throwaway application. I am not new to Ruby or Ruby on Rails but I learned a ton of things in the 48 hours for the Rails Rumble 2007. 4. Does your
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- Is this a "greenfield project" where no legacy code is in place?
