The Death of Ruby? Developers Should Learn These Languages Instead

https://cacm.acm.org/news/219981-the-death-of-ruby-developers-should-learn-these-languages-instead/fulltext

by rbanffy • 9 years ago

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whipoodle2• 9 years ago

How come it says the popularity of Ruby has plummeted?

overgard• 9 years ago

According to the article they're basing it on job postings and stack overflow questions. Doesn't seem like a great methodology but I can't think of a better one.

apeacox• 9 years ago

StackOverflow already covers a great part of the possible (most common) Ruby related questions. I'm not surprised there aren't so much new ones in the last 1-3 years. About job postings, I don't know, I still get an average of 3-5 ruby job opportunities per week from recruiters. The same goes for several ruby devs I know. On the other hand, I see a lot of people switching to other new languages/stacks for several reasons (some of which are mentioned in the article). I'm one of them, but I still use ruby when it might fit the job (or is a requirement).

whipoodle2• 9 years ago

I looked at TIOBE and Ruby was up year-over-year.

justinzollars• 9 years ago

People have been saying this for 5 years.

johnhenry• 9 years ago

Direct link to article: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-death-of-ruby-develo...

kapauldo• 9 years ago

A professor is not a good expert for this.

The Death of Ruby? Developers Should Learn These Languages Instead

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