The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is open. Add your voice!
9 May 2018
Are you thinking of outsourcing development on your Ruby on Rails app to a 3rd party development team? There are a few things you should share with your potential partners first.
4 May 2018
How does each role on our Ruby on Rails development team contribute to our client relationships? Here's an overview of how each role operates.
19 Apr 2018
In our 2018 Rails survey, we inquired how many applications that developers were managing had test coverage of 80% or more. Here's what we found out (and why it's important).
17 Apr 2018
How many Ruby on Rails developers are using code quality and continuous integration tools?
17 Apr 2018
Are you using containers in your Rails production environments? Find out how many of your peers are using containers – and what their tool of choice is for this.
13 Apr 2018
Once your app's initial build is up and running, it doesn’t necessarily become a free resource that will continue to operate on its own to make your company money. Here are the ongoing costs association with a custom Rails app.
30 Mar 2018
New European Union business regulations are rolling out on May 25th of this year – the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. These new regulations bring existing legislation related to online data storage and consumer privacy up to date with current online practices. Companies who operate in the EU or handle European customer data, regardless of what country they're based in, will need to follow these new regulations to avoid hefty fines.
But as with any major legislation change, it can be confusing to figure out what you need to change in your application at a technical level, along with any organizational or documentation changes you may need to make within your company. To help point you in the right direction, we put together a short eBook that explains some important facts about GDPR, some technical aspects to examine within your application if it is built with Ruby on Rails, and helpful resources for further research about GDPR.
To download the free eBook, simply fill out the short form below.
22 Mar 2018
As a part of a Rails development company who works with clients in all types of industries, it's always fun to hear how different companies are using Rails. We talked with Scott's Cheap Flights, a flight subscription service, about moving from WordPress to Rails and what they've experienced along the way.
6 Mar 2018
For the last decade, we've surveyed the Ruby on Rails community every two years to get a pulse on how our peers are interacting with this framework. We just launched our 2018 Ruby on Rails survey – take a look!
26 Feb 2018
Refactoring and writing tests are both critical skills to being a programmer. Here's a look at my real-life process of refactoring one of the applications we manage.
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