We picked Ruby primarily because of Rails, the web framework. And, we picked Rails because its agility, efficiency, and ease of use for developing web application. We only have a small tech team here at Avvo, and we won’t be able to accomplish what we did at the same amount of time without using Rails.

- Sendi

I think it’s great that you’re using Ruby. I’m a big fan of that language. I would be interested in knowing whether or how Ruby is being used to special advantage in the site. I know of a couple of features that make Ruby unique (like the drag and drop functionality) but what else? Or is it just a matter of stability or some other feature-set of that language?

Thanks for your insight on this point.

Mazy Hedayat