Hampton's Ruby Survey 2009

We're on for year two of Hampton's Ruby Survey! Let's find out what's changed in the ruby community. What's gotten hotter, what's lost some steam?

This survey has been taken by 537 people.

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Have you read the "pickaxe" book?

Yes
No

Have you read the "agile" rails book?

Yes
No

How long have you been programming ruby?

Less than a year
1-2 years
2-3 years
3+ years

What is your web framework of preference?

Rails
Merb
Sinatra
Other
No web work

What is your indentation preference?

Two Spaces
Hard Tab
Don't Care

Text editor of preference?

VIM
Emacs
Textmate
Eclipse Based
Other

Is Ruby your primary language?

Yes
No

How would you rate your Ruby expertise?

Expert
Advanced
Average
Beginner
Barely Any

What are your thoughts on Haml?

I demand it
I prefer it
I don't use it
Hate it
What is it?
Don't Care

What Javascript framework do you prefer?

Prototype
jQuery
Moo
Other
None
Don't do JS

What are your thoughts on automated testing (Unit testing, etc)?

Required
Do it often
Don't do it

What are your thoughts on human testing?

Required
Do it often
Don't do it

What is your preferred Ruby interpreter?

MRI (standard)
JRuby
Rubinius
IronRuby
Other

What are your religious beliefs (feel free to leave empty)?

Monotheist
Polytheist
Agnositc
Atheist
New Age
Other

What version of Ruby are you currently using?

1.8
1.9.1

Have you contributed any open source code in the last year?

Yes
No

Have you built a GUI-based application/game?

Yes
No

What is your employment status?

Employed - Desk Job
Roving Contractor
Build my own apps exclusively

What is your revision control software of choice?

CVS
SVN
Git
Mercurial
Bazaar
Darcs
BitKeeper
Other
None