Is the Lift framework as “easy” as Ruby on Rails or Django?

Question

Just wondering if anyone has experience with the three. I have used read through some RoR and used Django. They seem fairly easy to use. Is lift \"easy\" like these two are?

Answer 1

I have to disagree with the other answers that support Lift over RoR and Django. Lift is incredibly capable, and it is very flexible. But anyone who thinks it is easier to grok and get rolling with than Django and RoR isn't being pragmatic.

For one there is a lot more documentation on Django and RoR. Their are training classes, way more books, lots of web entries on solving common problems. Django has a huge number of plug-ins,etc. I know it might not seem like these things matter but they do. When it's hard to hire, hard to train, you have to solve common problems over again, etc it's a real drain.

I'm a fan of lift, and I think one day my recommendation might not be true. But if your life is dependent on it you might want to take the safe course and go RoR/Django.