ActiveRecord

3.72

108 ratings

Founded/Created in 2005

Active Record is the M in MVC - the model - which is the layer of the system responsible for representing business data and logic. Active Record facilitates the creation and use of business objects whose data requires persistent storage to a database.

Survey results:

Awareness

ActiveRecord is not very well known. Only 26.1% of survey respondents have heard of it.

Have you heard of ActiveRecord?

26.1% - Yes

206

Usage

Most of those who have heard of it, 53.9%, have used it.

Have you used ActiveRecord?

53.9% - Yes

111

Adoption

It's not very well adopted, as a minority of the 35.1% who have heard of it are using it.

Are you currently using ActiveRecord?

35.1% - Yes

39

Interest

Most respondents said they'd not choose to use ActiveRecord if starting a new project.

If you were starting a new project, would you choose to use ActiveRecord?

23% - Yes

44

23% - Maybe

45

53% - No

103

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