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20 Ruby Developers to Follow Online

By Eric Wilinski • Mar. 1st, 2018 • Culture

Want to learn Ruby programming tips and tricks from some of the brightest minds in the Ruby community? We present our favorite Ruby developers to follow online.

The Most Popular Programming Languages of 2017

By Jake Widman • Oct. 9th, 2017 • Technology Industry

.NET, careers, CSS, developers, Go, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, programming languages, Python, Ruby, SQL, Swift

We look at the programming languages employers want most, the languages software developers like best, and the languages climbing the charts.

Resolving `Module#prepend` and `alias_method` Conflicts Involving the New Relic Ruby Agent

By Katherine Wu • Dec. 15th, 2016 • Software Engineering

programming, Ruby, Ruby agent, tutorials

Apps that use `Module#prepend` on a method that the Ruby agent later puts an `alias_method` on can generate `stack level too deep` errors. Here’s what to do about it.

New Relic Ruby Agent 3.16.0 Officially Adds Support for Rails 5

By James Stuckey • Jul. 5th, 2016 • New Relic News and Products

agents, APM, New Relic APM, Ruby, Ruby agent, Ruby on Rails

We’ve been tracking Rails 5 development and bumping our test environments with each new beta to ensure we’re ready for Rails 5.0.0 when you are.

RedMonk on the Docker Usage Pattern: Significant Growth & New Directions

By Fintan Ryan • Jun. 20th, 2016 • Technology Industry

.NET, Docker, Java, Node.js, Pivotal, programming languages, Python, RedMonk, Ruby

RedMonk analyzes New Relic’s data on which programming languages are being used with Docker, its uptake patterns, and the growth of the Docker community.

New Relic Supports the Unique Open Source Bridge Conference

By Tori Wieldt • Jul. 14th, 2015 • Culture

community, developers, events, open source, Portland, Ruby

Many New Relic employees contributed to Open Source Bridge, a volunteer-run event for open source developers in Portland.

The Most Popular Programming Languages of 2015

By Jake Widman • Jul. 7th, 2015 • Software Engineering

C, careers, developers, Go, Java, JavaScript, programming languages, Python, Ruby, Swift

Java and C still rule, but Swift and Go are on the rise.

Weird Ruby Part 4: Code Pods (Blocks, Procs, and Lambdas)

By Jonan Scheffler • Apr. 30th, 2015 • Software Engineering

coding tips, developers, Ruby

Welcome back for the fourth installment in the Weird Ruby series. This time we’re going to talk about closures in Ruby, specifically when and why you would want to select a specific type of closure for your magical code adventures.

Weird Ruby Part 3: Fun with the Flip-Flop Phenom

By Jonan Scheffler • Feb. 24th, 2015 • Software Engineering

coding tips, developers, Ruby

Have you ever longed for a way to execute part of a loop part of the time? Then the flip-flop operator is perfect for you!