What is Ruby
A language designed to be pleasant to write. It is known almost entirely through Rails, the framework behind Shopify and GitHub.
In plain terms
Ruby's job market is effectively the Rails market: complete web applications built fast. The language peaked in startup popularity in the 2010s, so today's Ruby pool skews experienced. Many Ruby developers grew up alongside products that are now large companies.
What it tells you about a developer
Ruby depth signals product-focused web development, usually at startups or at the large companies that started on Rails. Ruby developers convert readily to Python or TypeScript backends.
Facts
- Type
- Language
- Released
- 1995
- Used in
- Backend