Technology

Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, open-source, object-oriented language: it prioritizes programmer happiness and productivity with its elegant, highly readable syntax.

Ruby is an interpreted, high-level language created in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, with a core philosophy of making programming enjoyable (MINASWAN). It is purely object-oriented (everything is an object) and emphasizes simplicity and expressiveness, allowing developers to write less code for complex logic. The technology's massive real-world impact comes via the Ruby on Rails web application framework, which powers applications like GitHub and Shopify. The ecosystem is robust, supported by the RubyGems package manager, which hosts over 200,000 community-contributed libraries (gems).