JRuby in Java Projects

Denis Lutz

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Agenda

Motivation: Problem, Solution JRuby as language Java and Ruby Integration Ruby Community Show Case Demo Usage areas for JRuby

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Motivation

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Motivation

Lets redefine our thinking What is our task? What is the shortest path to the solution?

Since Not the solving of complicated tasks is the goal but solving our task in the easiest possible way

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Theory

Java has a huge set of tools JVM scripting languages are present (Groovy) You can find a tool for everything The java magazines are writing about scripting languages

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Real world praxis

Projectwide scripting support not the rule, more an exception Ant = scripting language => XML is our scripting language If scripting language integration => Ant / Spring is the environment Adhoc scripting areas are randomly used by single devs Instead a major scripting support strategy is missing Young developers face only java or ant Young devs are on their own to find more expressive languages

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Entering JRuby

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Goal

scripting tool as one of main and known tools scripting language as the surrounding environment and entry point (not Ant) clearly decleared scripting language standard definition of taks areas for the scripting language easy and powerfull communication with the underlying operating system powerfull language features instead of XML tools (Ant, Maven) knowledge reuse because of definition of several scripting areas in a projekt from GUIs and IDEs to automation and console procedures from enterprisy java community to a fun community in ruby
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What is JRuby

JRuby = implementation of Ruby in Java Runs in JVM and integrates perfectly into Java environments very expressive mature huge community powered by the Ruby on Rails framework

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We can use JRuby in many project areas

Front End (MVC) Build management Testing, specifically integration testing Import/Export APIs Code generation

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Facets of JRuby

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Get started with JRuby in 3 mins

Download Jruby at www.jruby.org Extract Add to $PATH Test your installation with jruby v on the console

Command execution with jruby S command jruby S irb -> Will start the JRuby console

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Most imressive language features

Simple Syntax Everything is an object Blocks Self contained ( contains most useful libs out of the box) Open classes Principle of least surprise

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Simple object creation

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Create your class and use it, lightweight and easy!

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Everything is an object

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Blocks, the most amazing and powerful feature ever

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Lets call JRuby from Java

public void callJRuby() { ScriptEngineManager m = new ScriptEngineManager(); ScriptEngine rubyEngine = m.getEngineByName("jruby"); if (rubyEngine==null) throw new RuntimeException("Did not find my ruby engine"); ScriptContext context = rubyEngine.getContext(); context.setAttribute("world","Programmierer",ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE); try{ File f = new File("hello1.rb"); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f)); rubyEngine.eval(br, context); // (1) } catch (ScriptException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) { System.err.println(fnfe.getMessage()); } }

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Lets call Java from Jruby und use your legacy systems

require 'java java_import java.lang.System => Java::JavaLang::System version = System.getProperties["java.runtime.version"] => "1.6.0_17-b04-248-10M3025

import java.util.ArrayList list = ArrayList.new => #<Java::JavaUtil::ArrayList:0x2bf09a31> ruby-1.8.7-p334 :042 > iterator = list.iterator => #<#<Class:01x41a7c484>:0x367c218e> ruby-1.8.7-p334 :043 > iterator.java_class => class java.util.AbstractList$Itr ruby-1.8.7-p334 :044 > list.get(1) NativeException: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 0
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Rubys Community

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Community

Very strong community, why? Got powered by Ruby on Rails (MVC Framework) Fun oriented community Motivated hobby programmers, who can be 9-5 employees ;-) Get into positive cycle of beeing threated well and wanting more ruby GEMS = ruby libraries, created by the community

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Endless amounts of gems

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Find most popular gems in one place, rated by the community

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Live Demo: Using a GEM

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The task

we want to communicate with a REST API should be usable within a build or inside a java class of course Should provide an easy API for our java class

Easiest solution (a base for it) ?

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Choose HTTParty as the gem for REST communication

Choose your gem HTTParty

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Install the GEM

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Write our nice little class

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Use it immidiatelly on the console to play with it

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Why was this great?

We knew from one site about the best fitting GEM for our task We had no troubles installing it I can try my written code on the console it just works, doesnt matter what you install its my experience after two years using ruby, yours will be the same

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Integration with Java

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Rails (Ruby) popularity

Yes its right, Rails got over JSF (java standard) in the meanwhile Is this still a new and not known technology for you?

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Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application in a java war

Yes, possible and widely used JRuby on Rails Frontend as war file in Tomcat Rails Front Ends in Java Projects possible everything else is waste of money and developers frustration No risk, tell to your java influenced boss: its just a war file No server infrastructure changes needed

jruby -S gem install -y rails warbler $RAILS_APP_ROOT/jruby -S warble war

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Java Build with Rake

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Rake as build tool in Java projects

Basic problem: ANT is accepted, Maven the new standard None of them is sufficient for the task we want to do Why?

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Problems with Ant and others

Projectsetup, its in the Wiki, well because Ant cant do it ;-) Folders and File management if else , can you declare it out of your head now in Ant? Declare a method in your build? Oh, yea no problem let me just look into Ant API Loading of fixtures, possible with some XML setup again Server startup? I am doing it by hand and each new developer has to learn the specifics Maven the biggest hype that helps me even less then Ant

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What we want

Full language power in your build, not XML We can still call our old Ant tasks UNIX operations as if we would be on the console Method declarations, as simple as possible Reuse of a language we already use not learning new XML frameworks

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Rake is the solution, rubys build tool

Rake does all you want :

project setup methods operating system calls objects in your build file operations Ivy integration

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Rake in 3 mins, nothing is easier!

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Call classic and custom Ant tasks from rake if needed

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Talk to your operating system as from the console

Operating system communication File management Folder management

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Some rake possibilities = just full ruby power

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In/Out API for your project

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JRuby as your In/Out API of any project

Its difficult to process files as well as different formats in java Import or Export is mostly a focused single task Can be done separated, by one developer No requirement to do it in java Customer data import is a very common and important task

Use JRuby to provide an import / export API Data processing much faster Easy CSV, Excel, XML processing Generate projects specific formats for import
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JRuby as your In/Out API of any project

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(Integration) Testing

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Integration Testing

Integration tests are the best candidate to do it with JRuby Abstract, mimal input, very high coverage Are easy to keep out of the java environment system Can be perfectly done with pure ruby

WEBRAT GEM as JRuby Library

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Webrat Example

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Webrat

GUI Testing API Evaluates the pure HTML output No browser setup or dependency to run your tests Write your tests fast in ruby Cover the complete application workflow with minimal effort Can be run automatically in backgroud while developing Excellent to give fast feedback about application stability

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Expected Result from Jruby integration

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Expected result

All mentioned task areas can be done easier in JRuby More choices of tools, as would it be only with Java Knowledge reuse in different project areas Work is getting more lightweigt From java IDEs to fast editors Perfect interaction between different parts of the build

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Achieve more with less work using ruby

My personal, subjective impression You will reach more, having to know less

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Further informations

http://www.jruby.org/ http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/Home

Jruby console with jruby S irb http://www.cygwin.com/ (Unix Console replacement for Windows)

Editors Textmate (MacOs) http://www.e-texteditor.com/ (Windows)

IDEs http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/ http://www.aptana.com/products/radrails (Eclipse Plugin) http://wiki.netbeans.org/Ruby (Netbeans Ruby Support)

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Thanks a lot and have fun with JRuby!

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