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I agree that the barrier for entry to Rails is quite high. To really get into it, you might have to learn:

* A new language

* A new framework

* A new programming paradigm

* A new set of libraries

This is going to be really hard if you're currently a spaghetti coder. Will you learn a lot? Will you become a better programmer? Will you enjoy coding more? I say yes!

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Generally, I agree. But a spaghetti coder is going to have trouble no matter where they go. For such a person, moving to a new framework might not actually result in much valuable learning. If they were open to that, would they still be a spaghetti coder?

You rails guys think you're the only game in town. A spaghetti coder is gonna have issues regardless of the language/framework.

Also the barrier to any framework in any language is the same.

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