Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#1

Post by contr-error » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:35 PM UTC

I'm currently going through Destroy All Software's screencasts [0]. They're heavily based on Ruby + Rails and TDD, although most of the concepts probably do do translate to other languages.

Since the screencasts are over 10 years old now, I'm wondering if Ruby on Rails is still going strong. What resources would you recommend to get into Ruby/Rails specifically? Same question for TDD? Thanks!

[0] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#2

Post by lbrito » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:39 PM UTC

Yes.

According to Hired's State of Software engineers 2022, Rails is the 2nd most in demand skill.

https://hired.com/2022-state-of-software-engineers/

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#3

Post by MattGaiser » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:43 PM UTC

I had a call with a recruiter a few months back who said that the highest commissions were for Rails devs.

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

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Post by sparker72678 » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:57 PM UTC

Checkout the guides: https://guides.rubyonrails.org

Even just a "Ruby on Rails Tutorial" search on YouTube will get you going, too, if that's more your thing.

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#5

Post by fknorangesite » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

Are you learning Rails from decade-old material? Because a lot has changed since then.

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#6

Post by givemeethekeys » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:04 PM UTC

Yes for three reasons:

- There's lots of RoR jobs.

- They keep improving it.

- What RoR taught me made me a better architect in every other stack.

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#7

Post by haidrali » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:10 PM UTC

First check https://israilsdead.com/.

If you want to learn Ruby on Rails in 2022 please check https://gorails.com

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#8

Post by tomhallett » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

if you like screencasts, "Go Rails" is an amazing resource (and they are very current): https://gorails.com/

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#9

Post by config_yml » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

MattGaiser wrote: post #3

I had a call with a recruiter a few months back who said that the highest commissions were for Rails devs.

I wish this was true for my country. I also haven‘t seen many international remote roles for Rails.

Re: Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?

#10

Post by derwiki » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

MattGaiser wrote: post #3

I had a call with a recruiter a few months back who said that the highest commissions were for Rails devs.

More so than React Native?!