If we type Ruby on Rails 2019 in Google we will most likely get results from blog posts and forums dedicated to Ruby’s alleged death, but the truth is, Ruby is doing great and still remains a good technology to choose in 2019 and here is why.
Before starting development on a legacy project, we are often asked to do a quick review of its quality. Some projects are easy to analyze and the task just boils down to a look into a couple of classes, routes file, tests etc.
As I predicted last time Ruby’s popularity is still growing. Being named a Language of the Year in 2006, it now has the highest position since 2001. According to TIOBE Index for May 2016 Ruby is currently at position 8 and maybe, there is another chance for Ruby on Rails to conquer the world.
Everything started with the idea of making web applications simpler and easier. It was David Heinermaier Hansson who put forward his concept and found other enthusiasts who, as the Rail Coreteam, created and expanded the Ruby on Rails Framework, a powerful development platform today.
will start with a bold statement: there has never been a better time to use “Ruby on Rails”. Recently, we have witnessed two major releases of the Ruby programming language and a web development framework, which we know of as Ruby on Rails (versions 2.0 and 4.0, respectively).
This time the Mikstuira.IT event was slightly different as we wanted to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the birth of Ruby – an object-oriented scripting language created in 1993 by Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz for short).
