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I'm not sure if declining Google search activity for Rails is the best metric. Common consensus seems to be that Google results for coding-related concerns hav
by JohnBooty 5y ago
I'm not sure if declining Google search activity for Rails is the best metric.
Common consensus seems to be that Google results for coding-related concerns have gotten worse and worse in recent years, and I agree with that consensus. Are people avoiding Google, or avoiding Rails? Probably a little of both, I'd guess.
I think a mature framework like Rails will also tend to have a greater disconnect between "people searching for help" and "people actually using it."
- berkes 5y ago> I'm not sure if declining Google search activity for Rails is the best metric. Me neither. That is why I wrote the post and included many more sources, stackoverflow insights, Tiobe, rubygems.org, github etc. I'm sorry If I did not put this forward more clearly. The initial graph was mostly a hook, and not so much proof, as I mentioned in the first paragraph.
- JohnBooty 5y agoThanks, I apologize, I clearly didn't read the article all the way through. Thank you for doing this work!