What can Ruby do ?

Question

I have almost completed the Ruby tutorial on SoloLearn. And what I have found is that it is super easy. I want to know what is the uses of ruby in practical and what can ruby actually do ? Thanks.

Answer 1

Okay, programming language is a tool, which you need to find best fit. Ruby is a general porpose programming language. So you can do most things with ruby especially for Web Framework, as there is Ruby on Rails.

Answer 2

Ruby is a programming language, can do all another p.l. do. Ruby is specialized in scripting and web, because is an high level language. I'm using Ruby + Gosu for an RPG Game, is less performing than c++, but very fast to code ...

Answer 3

All, what can Python do. Games, Web Applications, Data Science. One Drawback — it has bad Windows support and and many gems may not work. If you're using Windows 10, then you can download WSL(Windows Subsystem Linux) and there you go.