Comments on: Getting Started With JRuby http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/getting-started-with-jruby/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cnutter http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/getting-started-with-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-37509 cnutter Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:32:56 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=1332#comment-37509 Curious: Yes, what you say is true; this is more an "intro to JRuby for Ruby folks". But that is largely the point...up until this point, Ruby and Rails are just Ruby and Rails, regardless of whether you are on JRuby or not. We've made it a key point of JRuby that Ruby should "just work", so any tutorial you'd follow to get a Ruby or Rails application working should work the same on JRuby as it does on any other Ruby. You are correct, though. We on the JRuby team need help selling "Ruby" to the non-Ruby masses. We're so close to Ruby that we forget (or at least don't address the fact) that Ruby itself requires a bit of selling at times. Most of our presentations and posts are focused on people who have already decided Ruby is the way to go. Hopefully as JRuby continues to gain momentum, we'll see more folks from the Ruby world selling to non-Ruby developers, and since many of those developers are using JVM-based libraries and languages, JRuby will be a natural progression. Curious: Yes, what you say is true; this is more an "intro to JRuby for Ruby folks". But that is largely the point…up until this point, Ruby and Rails are just Ruby and Rails, regardless of whether you are on JRuby or not. We've made it a key point of JRuby that Ruby should "just work", so any tutorial you'd follow to get a Ruby or Rails application working should work the same on JRuby as it does on any other Ruby.

You are correct, though. We on the JRuby team need help selling "Ruby" to the non-Ruby masses. We're so close to Ruby that we forget (or at least don't address the fact) that Ruby itself requires a bit of selling at times. Most of our presentations and posts are focused on people who have already decided Ruby is the way to go. Hopefully as JRuby continues to gain momentum, we'll see more folks from the Ruby world selling to non-Ruby developers, and since many of those developers are using JVM-based libraries and languages, JRuby will be a natural progression.

]]> By: Curious http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/getting-started-with-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-37502 Curious Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:47:05 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=1332#comment-37502 This post really should be called "Converting to JRuby". It's not about getting started, this is for Ruby developers that already use Ruby on other platforms. For those that are looking to get started with Ruby, using JRuby, this post really doesn't contain much info. E.g. sample code, "hello, world". All the things you expect on a getting started page. Is JRuby just a secondary platform for Ruby, as this post implies? Or is it a reasonble place to start learning about Ruby development? This post really should be called "Converting to JRuby". It's not about getting started, this is for Ruby developers that already use Ruby on other platforms.

For those that are looking to get started with Ruby, using JRuby, this post really doesn't contain much info. E.g. sample code, "hello, world". All the things you expect on a getting started page.

Is JRuby just a secondary platform for Ruby, as this post implies? Or is it a reasonble place to start learning about Ruby development?

]]> By: JRuby’s Future at Engine Yard | Engine Yard Blog http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/getting-started-with-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-9696 JRuby’s Future at Engine Yard | Engine Yard Blog Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:12:44 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=1332#comment-9696 [...] first stop should be either my previous Engine Yard blog post on Getting Started with JRuby or the JRuby home site at jruby.org. You’ll find instructions on how to download, install, [...] [...] first stop should be either my previous Engine Yard blog post on Getting Started with JRuby or the JRuby home site at jruby.org. You’ll find instructions on how to download, install, [...]

]]> By: Arun http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/getting-started-with-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-3875 Arun Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:20:46 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=1332#comment-3875 Very excited to see JRuby support on Engine Yard! JRuby-on-Rails applications run seamlessly on GlassFish - as a Gem or as a WAR. Multiple tips are available at: <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/tags/rubyonrails+totd" target="_blank">http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/tags/rubyonrails+t...</a> Very excited to see JRuby support on Engine Yard!

JRuby-on-Rails applications run seamlessly on GlassFish – as a Gem or as a WAR. Multiple tips are available at: http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/tags/rubyonrails+t…

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