ThoughtWorks GeekNight: Meet Ola Bini (of JRuby) and Zheng Ye (of XRuby)
Ola Bini, core committer on the JRuby project and Zheng Ye, core committer on the XRuby project are in Bangalore for 2 week attending ThoughtWorks Immersion. I happen to be one of the TW Immersion trainers. It’s fun to coach celebrities. 
JRuby allows us to run Ruby code - including Rails - on the Java JVM.
XRuby is the first Ruby to Java compiler which compiles Ruby source code (.rb) to Java bytecode (.class)
Date: Friday, 31st August
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: ThoughtWorks Bangalore.
Here are the directions
Abstract of the talk: (as given by Ola)
Ruby and Ruby on Rails is making large waves in the Web Development world. Many Java developers have converted to Ruby, and more and more find the language a breath of fresh air compared to Java. JRuby is quickly becoming the Ruby implementation of choice for large enterprises and Java organizations where the Java platform still have much to offer. In this presentation Ola Bini will first introduce the Ruby language, highlighting the features that makes it different from Java, including some examples of metaprogramming and language mutability. After that, he will introduce JRuby, walking through most of it’s features and finally showing some examples of the exciting things that can be accomplished by combining Java and Ruby.
ThoughtWorks have for a long time been one of the largest companies delivering services using Ruby, and was also the first to release a product based on JRuby on Rails (Mingle).
You will learn what Ruby, Rails and JRuby is. You will learn how JRuby on Rails can be used to create web applications. You will learn how it’s possible to use first class Ruby test frameworks to make testing your Java code a breeze. You will also get some hints and tidbits about other things that are possible with JRuby.
If you’re interested in meeting Ola and Zheng Ye, please sign up on the GeekNight wiki.
