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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
