Category: 4. Fact

Ruby ek old language hone ke bawajood kabhi stagnant nahi hui. Is language ka development hamesha modern computing ke hisaab se evolve hota raha hai. 2013 me Ruby 2.0 release hua jisme keyword arguments aur refinements aaye. Fir 2020 me Ruby 3.0 ne ek bada promise poora kiya — “3x faster than Ruby 2.0”. Is version me performance ke sath multithreading aur type checking ke liye Ruby Signature (RBS) jaisa modern feature add hua. Ruby ab AI aur automation scripts me bhi use ki ja rahi hai. 2025 me bhi Ruby ek stable aur respected language hai jo apne original goal — programmer happiness — ko kabhi compromise nahi karti. Ye adaptability aur long-term consistency hi Ruby ko ek truly timeless language banati hai.

Ruby ke paas duniya ke sabse friendly aur passionate developer communities me se ek hai. Is community ki ek khasiyat ye hai ke ye har naye developer ko encourage karti hai aur open-source contribution ko promote karti hai. Ruby conferences jaise “RubyConf” aur “RailsConf” duniya bhar me har saal hoti hain jahan developers apne ideas, innovations aur experiences share karte hain. Yukihiro Matsumoto khud bhi is community ke active member hain aur har waqt emphasize karte hain ke Ruby community me kindness aur cooperation sabse important values hain. Is supportive environment ne Ruby ko ek aisi language banaya jahan seekhna aur grow karna ek positive experience hai.

2004 me David Heinemeier Hansson ne Ruby ke liye ek web framework banaya — Ruby on Rails (RoR). Ye framework ne web development ka poora game change kar diya. Pehle web apps banana complicated aur time-consuming hota tha, lekin Rails ne “Convention over Configuration” aur “Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY)” jaise principles ke zariye is process ko bohot fast aur organized bana diya. Ruby on Rails ne developers ko sirf kuch hi lines of code me full-featured web applications banane ka mauka diya. Isi framework ke wajah se GitHub, Shopify, Basecamp, aur Airbnb jaise bade platforms Ruby par banaye gaye. Rails ne ek naye era ki shuruaat ki jahan startups aur developers apne ideas ko tezi se implement kar sakte the.

Ruby ek pure object-oriented language hai, aur ye baat use baaki languages se alag banati hai. C++, Java ya Python me har cheez object nahi hoti, lekin Ruby me numbers, strings, classes, methods, blocks — sab kuch ek object hai. Matlab, jab aap “5” likhte ho to wo bhi ek object hai jiske methods hote hain, jaise 5.times ya 5.to_s. Is concept ne Ruby ko ek clean aur uniform design di, jisme har element ek logical pattern follow karta hai. Ye approach Ruby ke developers ko powerful aur flexible code likhne ki freedom deti hai. Object-oriented design ne Ruby ko un developers ke liye best choice bana diya jo reusability, structure aur readability ko importance dete hain.

Ruby ke creator Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto ka main goal ek aisi programming language banana tha jo sirf functional hi nahi, balki human-friendly bhi ho. 1993 ke dauraan jab zyada tar languages machine ke perspective se design ki ja rahi thi, Matz ne socha ke kyu na ek aisi language banai jaye jo programmer ke perspective se likhi jaye. Unka kehna tha ke programming ek creative aur artistic process hai, aur programmer ko apna code likhte waqt khushi milni chahiye. Isi liye Ruby ki syntax English jaisi natural rakhi gayi, jisse code likhna aur padhna dono asaan ho. Ruby ka motto “Programmer Happiness First” hai — aur ye idea hi Ruby ki popularity ka sabse bada reason bana.