Ruby is…

Agasthi Sankalana
2 min readMay 22, 2021

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Ruby is a scripting language designed from the ground up for front-end and back-end web creation, as well as other applications. It’s an object-oriented, robust, and dynamically typed language. Furthermore, its syntax is so high-level and simple to understand that it’s considered the closest thing English has to coding.

Ruby is an open-source language developed by Japanese programmer Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto in the 1990s. He claims that the language is intended to be both enjoyable and positive. Ruby is a scripted language, which means it is interpreted rather than compiled.

How does Ruby compare to other coding languages

Python is a programming language that focuses on providing a single, clear solution to each problem. Ruby ventures, on the other hand, want to be able to solve problems in a variety of ways.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both method. Other differences include the fact that strings in Ruby are mutable but not in Python, and Ruby has only one type of list container. They are, however, both highly object-oriented–everything in Python and Ruby is an object.

Ruby, in comparison to C/C++, hides a lot from programmers to make their work simpler. This may make it a lot easier to ship code, but it also means that discovering deep bugs can take a lot more searching.

What is Ruby programming use for?

Ruby is most used for building web applications. However, it is a general-purpose language similar to Python, so it has many other applications like data analysis, prototyping, and proof of concepts.

Probably the most obvious implementation of Ruby is Rails web.Ruby on Rails is a programming platform. Ruby is also used in Homebrew, a common tool for installing software packages on macOS. Metasploit, a security program that allows you to test websites and apps for how easy they are to hack into, is also free.

Features of Ruby

  • Ruby is an open-source and is freely available on the Web, but it is subject to a license.
  • General-purpose, interpreted programming language.
  • True object-oriented programming language.
  • Server-side scripting language similar to Python and PERL.
  • Ruby can be used to write Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts.
  • Ruby can easily be connected to DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase.
  • Ruby can be used for developing Internet and intranet applications.

Tools you will need

  • Linux or Windows operating system.
  • Apache 1.3.19–5 Web server.
  • Web browser.
  • Ruby

Thank You !..

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Agasthi Sankalana
Agasthi Sankalana

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