Re: Re: Re: Re: jruby here?

Marnen Laibow-Koser
Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:23:43 -0000

Msan Msan wrote in post #969162:
> On 17 December 2010 21:18, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>> Msan Msan wrote in post #969148:
>>> On 17 December 2010 21:04, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wouldn''t call anything involving servlet containers
"simple".
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Because in my experience, servlet containers are hard to set up
>> correctly, and messing around with WAR files is unneeded extra work.
>
> They are not so hard.

But when a simpler alternative exists, why not use it?  "Not so hard"
is
hardly a glowing endorsement. :)

>
>> Have you tried Passenger yet? It''s about as easy to use as
mod_php.
>> That''s how deployment *should* be, not all that Tomcat and WAR
crap.
>
> I work with grails too.
> Do you know grails?

No.  I work with real Ruby and real Rails, not a knockoff. :D

(That was admittedly snarky.  I know Groovy and Grails have some
interesting features.)


> So I need a servlet container for my grails apps, then I prefer to
> have all my apps under a single container that''s another reason of
my
> choice of jruby.

On the one hand, it may make sense to use your existing Java
environment.  On the other hand, though...what benefits do you gain from
jumping through the extra hoops that JRuby represents?

Again, I ask: have you ever *tried* something like Passenger?

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