The Ruby language is generating a great deal of buzz in the software
community these days. Developers are becoming interested in Ruby for a
various reasons such as its promise of increased productivity, the power of
the language itself, or simply its ease of use. At the same time, many who
are new to Ruby wonder if it's capable enough to be used in enterprise
software development.
This article is written for developers and IT staff who are considering using
Ruby in an enterprise environment. It gives a broad overview of the features
of the language from a developer's perspective and highlights the key
advantages of choosing Ruby in the enterprise.
Introduction to Ruby
Ruby is a modern object-oriented language that shares many of the features of
Smalltalk, Perl, and Pyth... (more)