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JRuby Cookbook - New From O'Reilly
When Ruby Meets Java

Sebastopol, CA--If you're interested in JRuby, you probably don't need a
tutorial on Ruby, Rails, or Java--you just need to know how to get things
done. The "JRuby Cookbook" (O'Reilly, US $34.99) by Justin Edelson and
Henry Liu offers practical solutions for using the Java implementation of
the Ruby language, with targeted recipes for deploying Rails web
applications on Java servers, integrating JRuby code with Java
technologies, developing JRuby desktop applications with Java toolkits,
and more. 

"To fully leverage JRuby, you must be able to move freely between the Java
and Ruby domains. In writing the 'JRuby Cookbook,' we had in mind a reader
with some understanding of both languages," note Edelson and Liu. "The
purpose of the recipes in this book is not to educate you on some
preexisting Java or Ruby capability, but instead to explain how to use
JRuby within the context of, or as an enhancement to, these existing
capabilities."

Using numerous reusable code samples, the "JRuby Cookbook" shows you how
to:

 - Install and update JRuby on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and IDEs such
as NetBeans and Eclipse
 - Package and deploy Rails apps on Java Servlet containers and Java EE
application servers, including JBoss, Tomcat, and GlassFish
 - Integrate Ruby and Rails applications with popular Java EE technologies
such as JMS, JMX, JPA, Spring, and Hibernate
 - Develop desktop and client applications with cross-platform Java UI
technologies and toolkits such as Swing, SWT, and Java 2D
 - Maximize the flexibility of your testing and build environment, using
both existing Java-based tools such as Ant and Maven and newer Ruby-based
tools such as Rake, Raven, and Buildr

The JRuby interpreter combines Ruby's simplicity and ease of use with
Java's extensive libraries and technologies, a potent blend that opens new
possibilities for Ruby, Rails, and Java. This Cookbook helps you take full
advantage of JRuby's potential.

"The JRuby Cookbook is an excellent book for any polyglot who is trying to
bridge the gap between Java and Ruby. It provides solutions to specific
problems developers face in both their development and testing
environments, along with the applications they're building."
- Bob McWhirter, Research & Prototyping, Red Hat Middleware

Justin Edelson is the Vice President of Platform Engineering for MTV
Networks. He was the co-author (with Brett McLaughlin) of Java & XML, 3rd
Edition, published in December 2006.

Henry Liu is currently a Senior Software Developer at MTV Networks. He
maintains an Open Source Ruby project for collaborative filtering named
slopeone and is an active member of the New York City Ruby Users Group.

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519803/

JRuby Cookbook
Justin Edelson and Henry Liu
ISBN: 978-0-596-51980-3, 207 pages, US $34.99
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