Ruby on Rails

Strong Growth for Ruby on Rails Developers

Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, 

May 29, 2014

Since its launch in December 2005, Ruby on Rails has become the Web application framework of choice for a wide variety of consumer-facing companies. According to …

F# Dramatically Gains in Popularity

Susan Hall, 

March 10, 2014

The Microsoft-backed F# functional programming language is quickly gaining popularity, according to the Tiobe Programming Community Index. Ranked No. 69 on the index a year ago, …

Top 10 Places to Learn Rails Online

Yael Grauer, 

October 4, 2013

Learning Ruby on Rails online isn’t ideal. Pair programming is considered a best practice. However, if those resources aren’t available or if you’re looking for something …

Scaling Ruby on Rails: Practical Advice

Yael Grauer, 

July 18, 2013

It’s the problem everyone wants to have — the need for scalability due to an influx of users and clients compared with what you expected when …

How to Design an Engineering Training Plan

Catherine Powell, 

March 21, 2013

We’ve been exploring the tale of the startup and the engineer, and how their fates became entwined. First, we looked at the hiring wish list — …

Why a Java Guy Was Hired for a Ruby on Rails Job

Catherine Powell, 

March 6, 2013

Earlier this week, I explored the frustrating process a startup, WidgetCo, went through as it searched for an engineer who could work on its Ruby on …

How a Java Guy Became a Ruby Developer

Catherine Powell, 

March 4, 2013

Once upon a time — OK, in 2012 — there was a startup and an engineer. They were both in the market, seeking their match. The …

How New Relic Fixes Crappy Code

David Spark, 

November 28, 2012

Why is the application slow? Is it the crappy network or is it the crappy code? Do you blame the IT guy or the developer? If …

HP’s Cloud Services Wants OpenStack Lovers

David Spark, 

September 27, 2012

HP Cloud Services wants to talk to people who are passionate about the public cloud and OpenStack. The HP unit is building its offering on top …

How to Approach Authentication on Rails

Pedro Visintin, 

August 7, 2012

Ruby on Rails went open source in late 2004, and open to commit changes in 2005. Since then, some solutions appeared to solve common problems like …