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Groovy gets a contribution from Oracle; ongoing Grails contributions discussed
Oracle has recently contributed an extension to the Groovy JMX MBean. An ongoing contribution is currently being discussed between Oracle and the Groovy and Grails leads about Oracle's intention to contribute ongoing engineering and QA resources to the projects. Oracle believes that better integration makes Grails potentially better suited for mainstream enterprise adoption than Rails.
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JRuby on Rails Unveiled at JavaOne
The latest version of JRuby will be presented to JavaOne attendees this week. Included in the demonstrations is a working Rails application and an ActiveRecord adapter backed by JDBC.
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Canadian Firm Posts Bounty for New Rails Database Support
ICI, a stainless steel truck accessory business in Canada, today announced a 900USD bounty to the first person to deliver ODBTP support for Rails. ODBTP (Open Database Transport Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol ideal for connecting Linux-based programs to ODBC data sources on Windows servers.
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Article: Ruby and Rails: In your face... but out of your way
Ruby on Rails is in many ways a system in itself. But in many, many other ways, Rails exposes, explores, and exploits its connections to Ruby, rather than hiding or disguising them. David A. Black, author of the book Ruby for Rails from Manning, shares his thoughts on whether or not Rails developers should take the time to master Ruby.