Comments on: Android scripting environment supports JRuby http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/ ruby, java and the rest Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ken Burgett http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-130188 Ken Burgett Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:49:12 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-130188 I am very interested in using JRuby in Eclipse with the Android plugins. I personally don't see much value in coding command line scripts directly on Android, given the limitations of the keyboard on my ADP2! Can anyone point me to the instructions for installling JRuby in Eclipse which will target Android? I am very interested in using JRuby in Eclipse with the Android plugins. I personally don’t see much value in coding command line scripts directly on Android, given the limitations of the keyboard on my ADP2! Can anyone point me to the instructions for installling JRuby in Eclipse which will target Android?

]]> By: Frank Spychalski http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-124587 Frank Spychalski Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:27 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-124587 David, just install ASE and you are ready to run Ruby. Please let me know how the performance is on the Droid. On a G1 start-up time for JRuby is an issue, it's really slooooow. David, just install ASE and you are ready to run Ruby. Please let me know how the performance is on the Droid. On a G1 start-up time for JRuby is an issue, it’s really slooooow.

]]> By: David Richards http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-124543 David Richards Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:47:46 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-124543 I am SO interested in developing Android applications with ruby. http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/source/browse/trunk/jruby/ase/android.rb Broken link! I really want to give this a go, I'm a new droid owner and I have been coding ruby since 2005.. gmail/gtalk me r-a-w-d-o-d@-g-mail.c-- ( remove dashes) and I'm on freenode irc as oneman / oneman_ I'd be willing to betaboy this stuff and provide as much feedback as possible. Cheers, David I am SO interested in developing Android applications with ruby.

http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/source/browse/trunk/jruby/ase/android.rb

Broken link!

I really want to give this a go, I’m a new droid owner and I have been coding ruby since 2005.. gmail/gtalk me r-a-w-d-o-d@-g-mail.c– ( remove dashes) and I’m on freenode irc as oneman / oneman_

I’d be willing to betaboy this stuff and provide as much feedback as possible.

Cheers,

David

]]> By: Frank Spychalski http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-124106 Frank Spychalski Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:11:06 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-124106 Hi Jason, you are absolutely right, a cross-compiled CRuby is probably a lot faster. This was one approach I tried but I'm just not that much into cross-compiling and C so I coulnd't get it to run. I haven't tried android-ruby but adding support for yet another language is really easy (Damon did a damn good job!) and if I find the time I can add it to ASE. One thing ASE does that android-ruby doesn't (I think, just quickly scanned the page) is the interface to Android-land. It's very convenient to scan a barcode etc., and I guess if you want to write an Ruby application on Android, this is a must have... Hi Jason,
you are absolutely right, a cross-compiled CRuby is probably a lot faster. This was one approach I tried but I’m just not that much into cross-compiling and C so I coulnd’t get it to run. I haven’t tried android-ruby but adding support for yet another language is really easy (Damon did a damn good job!) and if I find the time I can add it to ASE. One thing ASE does that android-ruby doesn’t (I think, just quickly scanned the page) is the interface to Android-land. It’s very convenient to scan a barcode etc., and I guess if you want to write an Ruby application on Android, this is a must have…

]]> By: Jason Buchheim http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-123901 Jason Buchheim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:14:15 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-123901 How does this compare with this http://code.google.com/p/android-ruby/, (which is not using JRuby, but just Ruby)? Is there any hope of doing and GUI programming with ASE? Is it possible with android-ruby? android-ruby seems like a project that has not gone anywhere? I just can't find enough info. Someone in the comments at ASE was saying JRuby would be way too slow due to the was JAVA has no JIT compiller and therefore languages that are just cross compiled c, like ASE Python would fare much better. I would love to write GUI apps for Android using Ruby. How does this compare with this http://code.google.com/p/android-ruby/, (which is not using JRuby, but just Ruby)?
Is there any hope of doing and GUI programming with ASE? Is it possible with android-ruby? android-ruby seems like a project that has not gone anywhere? I just can’t find enough info. Someone in the comments at ASE was saying JRuby would be way too slow due to the was JAVA has no JIT compiller and therefore languages that are just cross compiled c, like ASE Python would fare much better.

I would love to write GUI apps for Android using Ruby.

]]> By: James Abley http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-122133 James Abley Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:23:21 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-122133 Nice work. Any plans to use 1.3.1 rather than 1.2? Plus I believe Charlie Nutter has been working on a more minimal JRuby profile, to reduce the size of jar needed... Nice work. Any plans to use 1.3.1 rather than 1.2? Plus I believe Charlie Nutter has been working on a more minimal JRuby profile, to reduce the size of jar needed…

]]> By: Charles Oliver Nutter http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/08/04/android-scripting-environment-supports-jruby/comment-page-1/#comment-122132 Charles Oliver Nutter Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:00:41 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=396#comment-122132 Hey! This is really exciting! As I mentioned in my comment on my blog, I'm also interested in making it possible to build applications entirely in Ruby. That will take some work on compilation and optimization, along with a bit of ingenuity, but I know it's possible. I'm hoping we can collaborate on that, so that Ruby becomes another first-class language for app development on Android. Feel free to drop me an email, or better yet, join the JRuby dev list and we can start a public discussion about it there. Great work :) Hey! This is really exciting!

As I mentioned in my comment on my blog, I’m also interested in making it possible to build applications entirely in Ruby. That will take some work on compilation and optimization, along with a bit of ingenuity, but I know it’s possible. I’m hoping we can collaborate on that, so that Ruby becomes another first-class language for app development on Android. Feel free to drop me an email, or better yet, join the JRuby dev list and we can start a public discussion about it there.

Great work :)

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