JRuby

Ruby doesn't have meta classes

OK. It's time to get rid of this terminology problem. Ruby does NOT have meta classes. You can define them yourself, but it's not the same thing as what is...

0 replies - 533 views - 05/30/08 by olabini in News

Ruby closures addendum - yield

This should probably have been part of one of my posts on closures or defining methods, but I'm just going to write this separately, because it's a very common...

0 replies - 623 views - 05/30/08 by olabini in News

JRuby 1.1.2 released - Getting Started with v3 Gem

JRuby 1.1.2 was now released - download here! The highlights are:

0 replies - 995 views - 05/29/08 by Arun Gupta in Blogs

Dynamically created methods in Ruby

There seems to be some confusion with regards to dynamically defining methods in Ruby. I thought I'd take a look at the three available methods for doing this...

0 replies - 1918 views - 05/16/08 by olabini in News

Alternative Ruby Implementations

Charles Nutter in his blog entry -- Promise and Perils for Alternative Ruby Impls -- makes a fairly detailed analysis of the state of alternative Ruby...

0 replies - 749 views - 05/01/08 by Shashank Tiwari in Blogs

Groovy (and Ruby) Only Solves Half the Problem

It is with some dismay I've been reading the latest Groovy discussions on Javalobby. I've spent quite some time learning Scala, so it bothered me a bit that I...

10 replies - 9904 views - 02/20/08 by Mats Henricson in News

Getting Started with Rails 2.0 Scaffold

Rails 2.0 changes the way Scaffold works. This blog walks you through the steps to create a simple CRUD application using Scaffold in Rails 2.0. Download...

0 replies - 4582 views - 02/20/08 by Arun Gupta in News

GlassFish v3 Ruby Gem - New Home on RubyForge

GlassFish v3 Gem allows JRuby-on-Rails application to be launched in GlassFish v3 server. It provides a robust alternative to WEBrick and Mongrel for...

1 replies - 3246 views - 02/11/08 by Arun Gupta in News

acts_as_conference 2008 - Day 1 Report

acts_as_conference started earlier today (now yesterday) in Orlando, Florida with Charity Session. Completely sold out with 165 attendees!

0 replies - 1765 views - 02/09/08 by Arun Gupta in News

Grails 1.0 and JRuby on Rails on WebSphere

A couple of interesting things happened today that relate to my Grails vs. Rails quest for knowledge. The first is that Grails 1.0 was released. This was...

2 replies - 3605 views - 02/06/08 by Matt Raible in News

Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects

The book kicks off with two introductory chapters, followed by descriptions of four "Web 2.0" projects, and some appendices. Chapter 1 - Introduction The author begins with a brief...

1 replies - 4703 views - 01/25/08 by Matt Stine in Book Reviews