Comments on: A Java Programmer's transition to Ruby on Rails http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mahesh http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/#comment-8956 Mahesh Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:54:35 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1220#comment-8956 I use netbeans 6.1 with the ruby and rails plugin, and it works fine for both java and ruby programs. I used to be a .net C# developer. I feel that considering that ruby is a dynamic language which java is not, nor is C#. They should stop emulating ..remember that dynamic languages are slow. Wonder how well ruby on rails will perform when it comes to reporting and aggregation queries. I for one did not use any ORM mapping tools in java or .net because of lack of flexibility with Stored procedures, I started off with using hibernate but thought it would be an overkill..and the configuration file almost killed me. I use netbeans 6.1 with the ruby and rails plugin, and it works fine for both java and ruby programs. I used to be a .net C# developer. I feel that considering that ruby is a dynamic language which java is not, nor is C#.
They should stop emulating ..remember that dynamic languages are slow. Wonder how well ruby on rails will perform when it comes to reporting and aggregation queries.
I for one did not use any ORM mapping tools in java or .net because of lack of flexibility with Stored procedures, I started off with using hibernate but thought it would be an overkill..and the configuration file almost killed me.

]]> By: Nadeem Bitar http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/#comment-8955 Nadeem Bitar Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:13:52 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1220#comment-8955 I am a Java developer that is transitioning to Ruby. I did a project in groovy/grails which made me more curious of Ruby and Rails so I started exploring Ruby. I am certain now, after having written both Groovy/Grails and Ruby/Rails projects that Groovy would never offer what Ruby does, and I hope that the JRuby project would dramatically improve in order for Ruby to be used on enterprise projects where a JVM is required. The reason I believe that Groovy could never catch up to Ruby is resources, community and philosophy. I learned Ruby from the bottom up by reading "The Ruby Programming Language", and writing small programs and scripts. I see a lot of potential in the Ruby programming language. Ruby is so much more than Rails and programming in Ruby is such a joy. So my advice for any Java programmer would be to start exploring Ruby as soon as possible. I am a Java developer that is transitioning to Ruby. I did a project in groovy/grails which made me more curious of Ruby and Rails so I started exploring Ruby.

I am certain now, after having written both Groovy/Grails and Ruby/Rails projects that Groovy would never offer what Ruby does, and I hope that the JRuby project would dramatically improve in order for Ruby to be used on enterprise projects where a JVM is required. The reason I believe that Groovy could never catch up to Ruby is resources, community and philosophy.

I learned Ruby from the bottom up by reading “The Ruby Programming Language”, and writing small programs and scripts. I see a lot of potential in the Ruby programming language. Ruby is so much more than Rails and programming in Ruby is such a joy. So my advice for any Java programmer would be to start exploring Ruby as soon as possible.

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]]> By: Dietrich Kappe http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/#comment-8953 Dietrich Kappe Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:15:22 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1220#comment-8953 @Leonid As a Java developer who has made the transition (if that's the word) to Groovy and Grails, it certainly makes developing in the J2EE environment much more bearable. At the same time, they still contain Spring and Hibernate and all those things that tend to make Java webapps somewhat overengineered beasts. I'd like to see Spring and Hibernate stripped out of Grails in favor of simpler IoC and persistence solutions that don't generate 1000 line stack traces in Grails. @Leonid

As a Java developer who has made the transition (if that’s the word) to Groovy and Grails, it certainly makes developing in the J2EE environment much more bearable.

At the same time, they still contain Spring and Hibernate and all those things that tend to make Java webapps somewhat overengineered beasts.

I’d like to see Spring and Hibernate stripped out of Grails in favor of simpler IoC and persistence solutions that don’t generate 1000 line stack traces in Grails.

]]> By: Leonid http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/#comment-8952 Leonid Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:31:33 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1220#comment-8952 Helpful article for those who is starting to learn Ruby on Rails. But I am just wondering why a Java developer should prefer learning Ruby on Rails to learning Groovy and Grails framework which are much easier to learn and provide similar benefits? Helpful article for those who is starting to learn Ruby on Rails.
But I am just wondering why a Java developer should prefer learning Ruby on Rails to learning Groovy and Grails framework which are much easier to learn and provide similar benefits?

]]> By: Subbu http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/10/a-java-programmers-transition-to-ruby-on-rails/#comment-8951 Subbu Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1220#comment-8951 Good article.. Good article..

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