Ruby on Rails (RoR) is a popular web framework for web application development built on the Ruby programming language. As a full-fledged web framework, RoR offers many components of a successful web project, such as an ORM (Object Relational Mapping) system for business data and logic, routing, and application management out of the box.

Still, to decide whether RoR is a good fit for your project, you need to know what makes this framework different from others. To help you build a deeper understanding of RoR, we are going to give an overview of its main strengths and limitations.

Why and when to use Ruby on Rails?

Ruby on Rails performs well in CPU-intensive applications. If you consider building CPU-heavy applications, Rails is definitely a better option than, for example, Node. Rails is also better when the speed of development is critical. With all the modules and generators available out of the box, Rails is very powerful in Rapid Application Development (RAD). Just in few commands, you may have a fully functional prototype that may be amended with additional features later. Fast prototyping is the philosophy of Rails