Hi,

Is it worth for a Java developer to study JRuby? I don't see the Ruby
market being so huge (or much of a market) in South Africa vs other
countries.

Kind Regards,

Lennie De Villiers

Java Developer
MWEB

On Jan 17, 1:05 pm, Aslam Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Andrea Provaglio (see andreaprovaglio.com) is giving a one day master
> class on JRuby on 29 Jan 2008.  The event is a collaborative effort by
> the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (www.jcse.org.za) and
> the company that I work for, PBT Group (www.pbt.co.za).
>
> I sat in on the JRuby workshop in Johannesburg yesterday and it was
> very, very good.  JRuby was exploded into the following main areas:
> Relation to JSR-223 (Scripting api), Ruby the language (what duck-
> typing gives us, etc.), JRuby on Rails and Domain Specific Languages
> (well, internal DSL's with Ruby).
>
> The build up was good ... started with Ruby for newbies.  Built up to
> calling Ruby from Java, and using Java classes in JRuby.  Also went
> into getting your RoR app running on Tomcat, etc.  Moved on to DSL's
> and then open Q 'n A.  Also, discussed certain patterns that are dead
> easy in Ruby as compared to Java, etc.
>
> It's a very intimate session with lots of interaction.  I would say
> it's best for experienced Java developers.
>
> Cost is R3000 payable to JCSE and you can register atwww.jcse.org.za,
> find the link to register from the home page.
>
> BTW, Andrea worked very closely with Bruce Eckel for 4 years in
> California. So, if you want to expand your network as well, here's and
> opportunity.
>
> Feel free to email me directly if you want to ask me more about the
> event.
>
> Regards,
> Aslam
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