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Nick Fuller
9,027 PointsIs the love for Ruby leaving?
There used to be so many people on this website asking Ruby questions and taking on Ruby and Rails development. Where have they all gone?
Is the interest moving towards Python?
Why?
4 Answers
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 PointsHi Nick,
I have no idea why, probably main factor is learning curve on using Ruby on Rails Development and more time consuming. Probably they find other languages much easier than Ruby in my opinion. Becoming full-fetched Ruby developer wasn't built in a day or few weeks, I feel more likely eight to nine months process and more practices.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI'm not sure this matters. What people posts questions on in this one forum in no way reflects how useful a language is for building applications nor for being employed as a developer.
If you love Ruby then stick with it, don't chase trends.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsI sort of get his question. I don't think he's talking about usefulness but rather demand. I think he's saying, people tend to research and choose a language or framework based on what's in demand and he feels like he's seeing less people seeking out information on Ruby so maybe that means Ruby is less in demand. Whether that's the case or not is up for debate. And I don't have an answer for that, I'm not a follower of Ruby (Java! Woot! Woot!).
James Barnett
39,199 Pointshe feels like he's seeing less people seeking out information on Ruby so maybe that means Ruby is less in demand
I'd say that Treehouse is too small of a sample size to draw any meaningful conclusions from.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsOops. Thought this posted last night but my internet was acting up so I guess not.
I wasn't saying he's wrong or right nor was I taking a side. I was simply reframing his question in the context of your answer.
Nick Fuller
9,027 PointsIt was simply just a gathering of input right. I'm not trying to start a holy war, or profess Ruby better than any other language (java, haha). I was just gathering input.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI was just gathering input.
Here are my thoughts to the original questions you posed ...
Where have they all gone?
No way to know without getting some stats from the forum database.
Is the interest moving towards Python?
See previous answer
Why?
N/A
I hope this clarifies things for you.