Moving From Ruby on Rails to the JVM at Twitter
This video explains why Twitter is moving more and more code from Ruby on Rails to the JVM. The move to Scala and Java at Twitter is motivated by a need for encapsulation.
Tag: ruby
When Ruby Meets Java
We all know the strengths of JRuby. It utilizes the scalability of JVM and provides real OS threads to Ruby. However, there are very few application servers that marry the expressiveness of JRuby with the power of Java. Torquebox is an application server which build upon the JBoss Server and …
Refactoring a Legacy Java Application to Rails
This video demonstrates several strategies for incrementally moving portions of the application to Ruby and taking advantage of the productivity of Rails in a legacy Java environment. While JRuby could be an integration glue for Java applications, introducing Rails into an existing application without any significant rewriting is not obvious. …
RubyGems to All JVM Languages
RedBridge is a nickname of embedding API included in JRuby. Using Ruby from Java is another feature of JRuby as well as using Java from Ruby. With JRuby’s RedBridge, RubyGems becomes one of the choices to build a Java application. This means JVM languages can also choose RubyGems to create …
Bringing Java to the Ruby World
The discussion about JRuby has for a long time been focused on “Bringing Ruby to the Java World” – but no longer! With the release of “jruby-jars” – a gem containing a runnable version of JRuby available to any platform – the conversation has shifted. We’ll look at how akephalos …
Scripting Android With Ruby
Mark Ranallo will give an introduction to using JRuby in conjunction with the Android Scripting Environment. Bonus content: download the slides from this talk. http://sdruby.org/podcast/78