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There are many other similar nuggets that I’ll be covering in my Rails Conf 2009 session. Details are given below:
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Develop with pleasure, Deploy with Fun: GlassFish and NetBeans for a better Rails experience Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 1:50pm Pavilion 1 |
Register Today and avail a 15% discount using the code: RC09FOS.
I plan to attend these sessions, lets see how many I can make 
And of course, you’ll see me in the Exhibit Hall.
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And it’s Vegas baby!
JRuby and GlassFish is already used in production. Do you have a success story to share ? I’ll be happy to promote at RailsConf.
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Can’t wait to see your presentation!
Comment by Jed Schneider — April 28, 2009 @ 5:39 am
My case study: Used JRuby + Monkeybars to build JotBot, a cross-platform commercial desktop application for tracking time.
It’s package up using the Rawr tool, making .exe and .dmg installers. Very sweet, and seamless.
To moderate 30-day-trail vs. full purchased usage, JotBot uses an encrypted license key, sent to users via E-mail.
The key server is written in Ruby, using the Ramaze web framework. It runs under JRuby so that it can call into Java crypto libs. The Web app is packaged using Warbler, and deployed as a war file to a Glassfish server, on http://www.getjotbot.com
Comment by James Britt — April 28, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
Thanks James!
- Can I use logo from your website in my preso ?
- What version of GlassFish are you using ?
- Can you share some statistics about your app ? How big ? How many classes ? How many downloads ?
- Why did you pick GlassFish ?
Alternatively, you can fill the details at: http://blogs.sun.com/stories/resource/gf_questionnaire.txt as well.
Comment by Arun Gupta — April 28, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Sure, feel free to use the logo.
JotBot has about 15-20 classes. Being a Monkeybars app, there are MVC tuples for each form, plus the compiled Java UI class (built using NetBean’s WYSIWYG editor).
The key server has maybe 8 classes, most quite small, plus the Java crypto libs. It’s main job is to record requests and create a database entry for the license key. A background process then reads the records and sends the E-mail.
The key server also hooks into Shopify; when someone buys JotBot from the Neurogami Shopify store, the Shopify webhook triggers the creation of full license key in the key server, which is then E-mailed to the user.
I’ve not track the downloads with any precision, but I’d say there have been about 200 trial key requests since launching at the start of the year.
I picked Glassfish because I wanted a nice way to deploy and manage my app while leaving things open for scaling.
Comment by James Britt — April 28, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
Thanks James!
I’ve included the logo in my slideware.
We can send you a nice iTouch if you help us fill out the questionnaire at:
http://blogs.sun.com/stories/resource/gf_questionnaire.txt
Comment by Arun Gupta — May 1, 2009 @ 2:34 pm