Where are the Ruby on Rails developers?

Hi Yuga, I’m from Bootyard, a ruby on rails development shop based in Cebu.

I agree with you. There are only a few Ruby on Rails programmer in the Philippines. Thus, students must find time to self-study Ruby since it’s in demand. Also, majority really rely on their knowledge on college and that’s not enough. In the Technology world, education is not enough. You have to work hard and self-study to beat competition.

fantastic, this trail is almost 3 years old!

just getting my feet wet on web frameworks, and RoR is one that I’m checking out for new projects in the company I work for.

still i’m full of confusion of the choices – java/spring? php/cake, etc? web2py? django?

PHP dev here. I just tried RoR a few weeks ago and it completely brings a lot of versatility (whenever web devs talk about the time constraints of projects).

Its really preference. The educational system would take decades for a rework and I agree with UP’s initiative. Given the number of fresh developers in the country, they really need to get hold of some stuff they could use in the real world.

Do something that scares you everyday. And if you are scared of trying RoR, then bite it! At least you had a test of what its like?

Im also open for any collaboration with other Pinoy RoR devs. I just started out and really want to make use of my self studies on this thing.

Man, just finished creating a private intranet on RoR for an organization (foreign). Got me occupied for more than 6 months. It’s a relatively complicated project which includes a wiki, calendar, blog, file-management, forum, photo gallery, and a bunch of other stuff. The thing I like about Rails is that I probably won’t be able to finish the project on time if I used a language like PHP, which I have much more experience. RoR lets you focus on the logic of the code instead of being too concerned on CRUD operations, for example. Once you get a hold on the fundamentals of RoR, you’ll zip through a project in record time. Some say that Ruby is one of the most beautiful languages to learn. I sincerely hope that more Filipino programmers would give Rails a try. They won’t be disappointed.

Hi! Standing up! Though I don’t do freelance work right now, I still find time developing for rails / ruby.

And they really are out there, sitting quiet, doing their web works.

@JP Loh – I can’t agree more. It’s not the language, it’s how we can adapt to languages (by algos, prior knowledge to other lingos, etc.). We just have to let the students be aware of the technologies. Let’s just stop bitching about our education system, and start advocating Rails or PHP. We can teach, right?

And BTW, I’m working at PiKitchen :P

JP Loh, but that’s what some IT schools like AMA and STI do, especially with their partnerships with Microsoft and others.

you can’t really expect to get the programming knowledge from schools. most importantly web technologies evolve every 5mins, so there’s no way they could catch up no matter how good the school is.

most (good/great) programmers really learn by themselves. schools are just there to teach us how to learn new things. (according to codinghorror.com)

Catalyst!!

I think he’s looking for a web2.0-inclined developer. The toolset they’re using mainly focuses on today’s javascript packages that could work just as well on PHP or other platforms.

they’re stuck with php

@wites

and a follow up question, does ror proved herself not another hype?

the question is, will learning ror make me bring home a larger paycheck than learning .net or java? *smile*

I work with a toolkit called OpenACS which uses TCL as the scripting language and runs on AOL Web Server.

I know, I know. TCL ? AOL Web server ? It’s like another dimension of the internet but I assure you TCL and AOL Web server are still very much in use for web development.

If the Ruby on Rails folks are having a hard time finding good developers, you can just imagine how hard it is for us :-)

It seems the only alternative is to hire developers with some solid foundation in the basics and then train them.

However, if he’s looking for HTML, CSS, Ajax and javascript talent, I don’t think there is a short supply of that in the Philippines. Is there ?

If I were to give unsolicited advice to new and upcoming developers I would encourage them to master javascript, css, html and ajax because “all” types of web sites and web applications will use some or all of these technologies regardless of the back-end (e.g. PHP, Ruby on Rails or OpenACS).

Most of those who do know RoR are either consultants or employees that have years on their shoulder vis-a-vis IT experience. Even if you find some, they might be pretty expensive.

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TechCrunch is about the Web scene. PTB is about the general scene. Am I not right?

Maybe they were all hired by SyndeoMedia and PiKitchen.

Another reason for the scarcity: those who want to build DIY Rails sites find the hosting too expensive.

PHP is Doomed?

Check Link : http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=85

Just an additional info.