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Ben Greenberg

Vonage Alumni

Ben is a second career developer who previously spent a decade in the fields of adult education, community organizing and non-profit management. He worked as a developer advocate for Vonage. He writes regularly on the intersection of community development and tech. Originally from Southern California and a long time resident of New York City, Ben now resides near Tel Aviv, Israel.

August 25, 2021

How to Build a Simple IVR with Ruby on Rails

Build an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Ruby on Rails application powered by the Vonage Voice API with this step-by-step walkthrough.

Insights from Incorporating Static Type Checking in Ruby

Whilst adding static type checking to the Nexmo Ruby Client Library, Developer Advocate Ben Greenberg learned a lot. Here he shares those learnings!

Scrape the Web for Updates and Send SMS Alerts with Ruby

Follow this tutorial to create a Ruby on Rails application that scrapes the web and delivers updates via SMS to the subscribed recipients

Nexmo Ruby v7.0.0 Release

Nexmo Ruby v7.0.0 introduced improved support for API error handling, renamed an existing class name and added more static typing

Introducing Nexmo Rack Middleware

Nexmo Rack Middleware makes it easy to incorporate Nexmo API functionality into your Ruby application. Just add the middleware to your app and get started!

Play the Game of Telephone with the Nexmo Voice API

Learn how to recreate the classic children's game of telephone with Ruby on Rails, the Nexmo Voice API and Google Cloud Platform.

Build a Conference Call with the Nexmo Voice API and Ruby on Rails

Get started with creating a fully featured conference call with the Nexmo Voice API and Ruby on Rails with this tutorial.

Build a Voicemail with Ruby on Rails

Create your own voicemail application powered by Ruby on Rails and the Nexmo Voice API with this step-by-step tutorial. Get started today!

Announcing the Nexmo Rails Gem

With the new Nexmo Rails gem you can get started creating fully featured Ruby on Rails communications apps easily and quickly.