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What's the difference between Rails and Merb
Merb and Rails have quite a few similarities but also their differences. For instance, they are both a MVC based framework, they both have a router, and they both use Ruby.
Merb
- Javascript library agnostic
- ORM-agnostic
- Template language agnostic
- Merb is modular
- Merb has a public and private API
Rails
- Opinionated in Javascript library, ORM, and template language
- A longer following and bigger user base
Merb & Rails Syntax Conventions
| Rails | Merb |
|---|---|
| script/server | merb |
| script/console | merb -i |
| script/generate | merb-gen |
| redirect_to article_path(@article) | redirect url(:article, @article) |
| respond_to | provides :xml, :js, :yaml |
| format | content_type |
| render :xml ⇒ @article | render @article |
| render :file ⇒ 'public/404.html, :status ⇒ 404 | raise NotFound |
| before_filter | before |
| render :partial | partial |
| flash[:notice] | message[:notice] |