How and Why to Measure Dependency Freshness in your Ruby Application

1 ยท fastruby.io ยท Dec. 13, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Whether you are working in a legacy Ruby application, or a brand new application, measuring your dependency freshness score can be a positive indicator to understand whether you are staying current or gradually falling out of date. Dependency freshness is defined as the difference between the currently used version of a dependency and the version that the system would ideally use. In this article, I will discuss a couple of ways to keep track of how outdated or how fresh your dependencies really...