Re: Getting a pulse for Ruby On Rails on i

JRuby is the execution engine and sits on top of Java so it doesn't run *in* anything. It's like QSH, an environment 'shell'. So you could run IRB (interactive Ruby) as long as JRuby is in the PATH. And Tomcat *can* run JRuby/Rails apps via Warbler but Rails has Webrick as an app server and you can install other appserver gems like Glassfish to run your Rails apps. And, as I mentioned, Andrea uses Sinatra which is a very lightweight web framework.

It depends upon what you are using Ruby/JRuby for. Rack, Rake and other Ruby based tools can be used for many things. JRuby provides for some integration with Java apps. But your mention of gems is a sticking point with both Ruby and JRuby. There are some native extensions in C that get called by some gems and therefore require some compilation which can be a showstopper for Rails apps on "novel" platforms like IBM i.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 8/1/2012 12:01 PM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

Well, using jRuby and JDBC to connect is "native" enough for me and easily

keeps up with the Rails community changes.

When taking the jRuby approach does it work equally well with the various
parts of the RoR world? (i.e. rake, gems, deployment)

What do you run jRuby in? Tomcat?

Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com