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- 1. JRuby All Sorts ofCool Stuff
- 2. Me • Charles OliverNutter • JRuby Architect at Engine Yard • Java developer since 1997 • JRuby developer since 2005 • @headius, headius@headius.com
- 3. JRuby • Ruby onJVM • Latest release: 1.5.1 • Ruby 1.8.7 compat, 1.9.2 coming • It’s Just Ruby! • (It’s Not Just Ruby!)
- 4. Boring Stuff • Trivialinstall: unpack, run (only prereq: Java) • Performance is great, ~1.9 • Rails etc run great • Production users since 2007 • Most mature, most stable alternative Ruby
- 5. Cool Stuff • Nativethreads (real concurrency!) • Java/JVM integration • Tooling and maturity • New frontiers
- 6. Native Threads • RubyThread :: Native Thread • Thread.new # real system-level thread • One process can saturate all cores • One Rails instance for a whole site
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- 8. Platform Integration • Useany Java library like it’s a Ruby library • No-compile, single-file deployments • Cross-platform GUI libraries
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- 10. Tooling and Maturity •Editor/IDE support with bonuses • Debugging tools • Profiling, memory tools • Commercial JVM environments
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- 12. New Frontiers • GoogleAppEngine • Java or Python only (...or JRuby!) • Android • Java-mostly (...or JRuby!) • Anywhere with a Java server • Deploy like any other application
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- 14. Your Turn • Justtry it! • Tell everyone • Let us know what you need
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- 16. For The Managers •Three fulltime devs at Engine Yard • Support, professional services • And OSS-style IRC/email support • Engine Yard Cloud (soon!) • Well-established, mature, stable
- 17. Thanks! • http://jruby.org • http://wiki.jruby.org •http://bugs.jruby.org • http://engineyard.com/jruby • http://blog.headius.com