Originally posted by Mark Ju:
If you want to learn Rails, I suggest not using those bundled installers, such as Instant rails. Install the pieces for yourself -- you'll know better what's going on under the hood. The downside, of course, is that if it messes up your system, it's harder to back out.
Doesn't that kind of contradict what Rails is about and it's
philosophy? Is that different than saying:
"If you really want to learn rails don't use any of the scaffolding or code generation. Write it all by hand. That way you really know what's going on under the hood"
And if you say that, then there really is no argument to use Rails.