Trying to catch up a bit on Ruby/Rails/JRuby related news...
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Two new NetBeans 6.1 Ruby tutorials: Getting Started With Ruby and Rails and Using Java Libraries in Rails Applications. The last topic is one of the big benefits of JRuby, one example is this report of Calling into Sun's SSO and another is this Tutorial showing Invoking Java 2D Graphics. A recent adoption story is CSI's use of JRuby in a project on Infectious disease reporting and management. Slightly older is Nick's This Blog now Powered by GlassFish and JRuby. |
Overall, very nice progress on the JRuby/Rails front. I believe the last set of formal releases were: Release of GlassFish Gem 0.3.0/0.3.1 (announcement and update), and JRuby Module in the Update Centers with JRuby 1.1.1. The interest continues to grow and it is moving closer to actual deployments; perhaps time to start a commercial support offering?
PS. Arun has a whole collection of applicable entries tagged JRuby.
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InfoWorld just published a review of 9 Rails IDEs, including solutions based on Eclipse, IDEA and NetBeans to specialized solutions. The prices vary, going all the way up to $399 for CodeGear 3rdRail 1.1, but the winner, with an Excellent rating, is free: NetBeans 6.1. |
Full details at: Lab test: Climb aboard Ruby on Rails.
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The first Milestone of NetBeans 6.5 is now Available for Download. This release includes support for Groovy, Ruby, Spring, Hibernate, JPA and more, and GlassFish v3. Check New and Noteworthy for full details, but, arguably one of the most important additions is PHP support. See Overview Screencast, Documentation and the NetBeans/PHP Blog. |
I am presenting tomorrow (Friday, May 30) at RailsConf 2008, a session entitled Rails powered by Glassfish and jMaki. Originally, this was intended to be presented by my colleague Arun Gupta, but his wife is due with a child "any day now", and she, for SOME reason, took exception to his being away right at the moment :-).
Best wishes to Arun and family ... you can find the presentation slides here.