1. How many years have you been developing with Ruby on Rails?
	answered question		1,248
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 1 year		12.8%	160
1-2 years		29.0%	362
2-3 years		34.7%	433
More than 3 years		23.5%	293

2. How many years have you been developing with Ruby?
	answered question		1,245
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 1 year		11.4%	142
1-2 years		27.6%	344
2-3 years		33.3%	415
More than 3 years		27.6%	344

3. How many Ruby on Rails applications have you deployed?
	answered question		1,247
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
None (yet)		3.8%	47
1		10.3%	129
2-5		47.4%	591
More than 5		38.5%	480

4. How would you describe yourself?
	answered question		1,206
	skipped question		45
		Response Percent	Response Count
Web Designer		18.4%	222
Web Developer		94.6%	1,141
System Administrator		36.3%	438
Project Manager		27.1%	327
PHB (point-haired boss) ;)		8.5%	102
viewOther (please specify)			98

5. Have you deployed any dynamic web applications with any other languages/frameworks?
	answered question		1,244
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		12.7%	158
Yes		87.3%	1,086

6. If yes, would you say that it has been easier or harder to deploy Ruby on Rails applications compared to other languages/frameworks?
	answered question		1,095
	skipped question		156
		Response Percent	Response Count
Easier		49.3%	540
Harder		50.7%	555

7. How often do you deploy updated versions of your Ruby on Rails applications?
	answered question		1,239
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
Almost daily (a lot)		13.1%	162
A few times a week		29.3%	363
A few times a month		37.9%	470
Less than once a month		12.1%	150
Very rarely		7.6%	94

8. How many applications are you currently responsible for deployment management?
	answered question		1,241
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
1		19.7%	245
2-5		62.6%	777
6-15		13.1%	162
15+		4.6%	57

9. Do you use a source control management system (SCM)?
	answered question		1,241
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		3.1%	39
Yes		96.9%	1,202

10. If yes, which SCM do you use?
	answered question		1,184
	skipped question		67
		Response Percent	Response Count
CVS		0.3%	4
SVN		36.1%	427
Git		63.0%	746
SourceSafe		0.3%	3
Team System		0.1%	1
Darcs		0.3%	3
viewOther (please specify)			104

11. Where is your source code hosted?
	answered question		1,146
	skipped question		105
		Response Percent	Response Count
Self-hosted repository		66.4%	761
Github		32.5%	372
Beanstalk		1.1%	13
viewOther (please specify)			138

12. Do you use an automated deployment tool?
	answered question		1,238
	skipped question		13
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		77.4%	958
No		22.6%	280

13. If yes, which deployment tool do you use?
	answered question		943
	skipped question		308
		Response Percent	Response Count
Capistrano		97.3%	918
Vlad (the deployer)		2.7%	25
viewOther (please specify)			40

14. Which database do you typically use in production?
	answered question		1,224
	skipped question		27
		Response Percent	Response Count
MySQL		82.5%	1,010
PostgreSQL		14.7%	180
SQLite		1.8%	22
Oracle		0.7%	9
CouchDB		0.2%	3
viewOther (please specify)			44

15. Which database would you prefer to use in production? (some hosts don’t offer many options besides MySQL)
	answered question		1,194
	skipped question		57
		Response Percent	Response Count
MySQL		64.5%	770
PostgreSQL		28.3%	338
SQLite		2.3%	27
Oracle		1.5%	18
CouchDB		3.4%	41
viewOther (please specify)			22

16. Which operating system do you develop your applications on?
	answered question		1,234
	skipped question		17
		Response Percent	Response Count
Mac OSX		68.0%	839
Linux/Unix-variant		25.4%	314
Windows		6.6%	81
viewOther (please specify)			32

17. How would you rate your competence with working from the command line (BASH, SSH, etc.)?
	answered question		1,244
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
Novice		4.0%	50
Competent		28.5%	355
Proficient		44.1%	548
Expert		23.4%	291

18. How would you rate your competence with Unix-based operating systems (Linux, BSD, etc)?
	answered question		1,241
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Novice		6.4%	79
Competent		31.2%	387
Proficient		40.9%	507
Expert		21.6%	268

19. How many people have access/credentials to deploy your application(s)?
	answered question		1,242
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 person (just me)		42.9%	533
2-4 people		51.9%	644
5+		5.2%	65

20. Do you catch and track Application Exceptions in production?
	answered question		1,231
	skipped question		20
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		30.9%	380
Yes		69.1%	851

21. If yes, which tool do you use?
	answered question		795
	skipped question		456
		Response Percent	Response Count
ExceptionNotifier plugin		59.0%	469
Exceptional (http://getexceptional.com/)		4.3%	34
Hoptoad (http://hoptoadapp.com/)		36.7%	292
viewOther (please specify)			86

22. Do you use any performance monitoring tools in production?
	answered question		1,234
	skipped question		17
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		63.7%	786
Yes		36.3%	448

23. If yes, which performance monitoring tool do you use?
	answered question		395
	skipped question		856
		Response Percent	Response Count
New Relic		74.4%	294
Five Runs		17.5%	69
Scout		8.1%	32
viewOther (please specify)			65

24. Do you use any uptime monitoring tools in production?
	answered question		1,069
	skipped question		182
		Response Percent	Response Count
Nagios (self-hosted/managed)		20.4%	218
Pingdom		11.7%	125
I don't use one		67.9%	726
viewOther (please specify)			145

25. Which web server do you typically use in production?
	answered question		1,215
	skipped question		36
		Response Percent	Response Count
Apache		71.9%	873
Nginx		25.4%	309
Lighttpd		2.5%	30
Microsoft IIS		0.2%	3
viewOther (please specify)			49

26. Which of the following are you using in production?
	answered question		1,144
	skipped question		107
		Response Percent	Response Count
Mongrel		43.1%	493
FastCGI		5.2%	59
Passenger (mod_rails)		51.7%	592
viewOther (please specify)			153

27. Do you use any of the following monitoring tools to keep your application running?
	answered question		1,177
	skipped question		74
		Response Percent	Response Count
Monit		26.9%	317
God		13.9%	164
I don't use one		59.1%	696
viewOther (please specify)			44

28. How happy are you with your current deployment process?
	answered question		1,243
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Hate it (need to change this asap)		6.5%	81
Content (it works, but there is room for improvement)		65.3%	812
Happy (it's working great right now)		28.2%	350

29. What type of hosting do you currently have for your application?
	answered question		1,188
	skipped question		63
		Response Percent	Response Count
Self-hosted (you manage the hardware, servers, everything)		33.0%	392
Shared hosting (Dreamhost, Site5, etc. - several customers per machine)		10.7%	127
Cloud Computing (Amazon)		6.4%	76
Basic VPS (Slicehost, Linode, etc.)		36.0%	428
Rails VPS (Rails Boxcar, Joyent, Blue Box, etc.)		6.6%	79
Managed hosting (one to many servers per application, paying a hosting company to keep our application up and running)		7.2%	86
viewOther (please specify)			135

30. What is your ideal hosting environment?
	answered question		1,235
	skipped question		16
		Response Percent	Response Count
Give me a power cable and an Internet connection and get out of my way!		19.0%	235
Basic OS install only, I'll handle the rest		41.5%	512
Basic Rails stack pre-installed (including a database), I'll handle the gems		21.5%	265
Just tell me what to put in my deploy.rb and let me get back to work		18.1%	223

31. Are you happy with your current hosting provider/solution?
	answered question		1,237
	skipped question		14
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		83.9%	1,038
No		16.1%	199
viewcare to comment?			220

32. If not, what is your biggest concern?
	answered question		373
	skipped question		878
		Response Percent	Response Count
Price		38.6%	144
Customer Support		15.3%	57
Uptime / Stability		30.3%	113
Lack of knowledge with Ruby on Rails		15.8%	59
viewOther (please specify)			40

33. How much are you currently spending on hosting (average per application)?
	answered question		1,202
	skipped question		49
		Response Percent	Response Count
Free		6.2%	75
< $25 month		26.3%	316
$25 – 50/month		22.5%	270
$50 – 100/month		14.1%	169
$100 – 250/month		11.1%	134
$250 – 1,000/month		11.6%	139
$1,000 – 10,000/month		7.4%	89
$10,000 – 50,000 month		0.7%	9
More than $50,000/month		0.1%	1

34. How much of your monthly budget is allocated for deployment and hosting expenses?
	answered question		1,154
	skipped question		97
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 10%		71.3%	823
10-25%		19.1%	220
26-50%		4.0%	46
More than 50%		5.6%	65

35. Who uses your application?
	answered question		1,235
	skipped question		16
		Response Percent	Response Count
Consumer-only (public)		30.0%	371
Consumers and internals users		58.6%	724
Internal users only		11.3%	140

36. How many new applications will you be deploying this year?
	answered question		1,239
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		5.7%	71
1		18.6%	231
2-5		54.2%	671
5+		21.5%	266

37. How long did it take you to fill out this survey?
	answered question		1,236
	skipped question		15
		Response Percent	Response Count
Less than 5 minutes		75.6%	934
5-10 minutes		23.4%	289
More than 10 minutes		1.1%	13

38. So, can Rails scale? ;)
	answered question		1,135
	skipped question		116
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	1,135

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