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Netstat -vat by Sean Michael Kerner (bio)

A command line view of IT



Report: Ruby use on the rise

By Sean Michael Kerner on June 23, 2009 9:39 AM
ruby.gif From the 'dynamic languages' files:

According to a new study from Evans Data, Ruby use is on the rise in North America. On a year over year basis, Ruby usage has increased by 40 percent so far in 2009.

But, even with the big increase, Ruby is still far from being pervasive. Evans' study found that only 14 percent of developers in North America use Ruby some of the time. They are currently forecasting the number to rise to 20 percent for 2010.

The new results are from Evans Data's latest North American Development Survey which received input from 400 developers.

The rise of Ruby, which is open source, is being complemented in a rise in Linux usage as a target platform for development. It's not all positive for open source though in the Evans study. The report also found that commercial SQL databases -- by a wide margin (2.5x) -- are more likely to be used than an open source SQL database for primary database operations.
"The increasing adoption of developers using scripting languages correlates with today's overall emphasis on web centric applications which have to be highly malleable to rapidly changing market driven requirements," said John Andrews, President and CEO of Evans Data in a statement. "Interestingly, while we see Linux continue to increase as a target platform, this category of development reflects the greatest growth in targeting a non windows target platform."
The increasing use of Ruby really shouldn't be a surprise in my opinion. After all, it's the language that powers Twitter, as well as the Metasploit security framework.

The Evans release specifically calls out Ruby and not Ruby on Rails -- which is the open source framework (much like JavaEE is the framework for Java) -- for building out production deployments. There has been a lot of activity in the Rails world lately, most notably is the work toward the new Rails 3 release.

Rails 3 includes the work of former rival framework, Merb, and could be the catalyst that really helps to further grow both Rails and Ruby use.

Though Ruby (and Rails) use might be growing, it's important to note that other open source dynamic languages are still doing well too.  In particular PHP, actually beat out Ruby in a previous Evans Data report, for developer satisfaction.

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Eduardo said:

The best language ever! Microsoft should adopt in all your products. Finally i find pleasure with coding.

June 24, 2009 2:27 AM
Mike said:

Ruby is a nice concept, but there are just too many languages out there which already have a firm footing. With the likes of PHP and ASP, and the multitude of brilliant editors out there for them, Ruby is just trying to stick its head between the hips of giants.

June 24, 2009 4:56 AM

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