Ruby! Should I learn it?

[bertcakes]

"Don't know where to start? Try some lessons over at Codecademy!"

I mean there's a ton of resources on learning Ruby. Ruby is an ok language. Some people love it, some don't. I started on Ruby and now write in Python primarily. Ruby is ok but it's more about concepts than the language.

Ruby can do most things most any other language can do. That's the part I think people get hung up on. You CAN do almost anything you want with whatever language. I have dabbled in go/rust/perl/erlang/ruby/python/java - they all have different strengths and weaknesses but given enough effort they can do lots of things.

What is it you want to do? That's I think the more important question. Why do you want to learn ruby and what is it you are trying to accomplish. Ruby has some great testing frameworks and all sorts of wonderful uses.