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Ruby to javascript.
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A great way to get started.
Ruby is typically used for server side applications.
Javascript is harder to type and learn.
Ruby is easier to type and learn.
Javascript is faster than ruby.
Javascript has another iterator called reduce.
When talking about ruby vs javascript specifically ruby is considered the easier programming language to learn and use.
Javascript is typically used for client side applications.
Ruby is easier to read and understand.
It comes packed with the ruby corelib you know and love.
Ruby is a solid way learn how to code because of its simplicity.
Opal is a ruby to javascript source to source compiler.
More likely you ll be porting your ruby code to javascript.
Ruby is object oriented with classes almost everything in ruby is an object.
In summary javascript has the ability to iterate through arrays like ruby but the syntax is just ever slightly different.
Onesimusunbound jun 2 11 at 12 54.
Also you have to consider if the library that your ruby code uses can be translated directly to javascript.