It is a really good book. Just a bit old. If only the author would update it.
Still recommend it if you are looking to get a head state on jruby. You will run into a few surprises once you download and install the latest rails but nothing you cannot overcome am sure.
Author(s): Ola Bini
Series: The expert's voice in Java technology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 360
City: Berkeley, CA
ebook.pdf......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword by Pat Eyler......Page 18
Foreword by Martin Fowler......Page 20
About the Author......Page 22
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 26
Introduction......Page 28
Getting Started......Page 36
The Store (Shoplet)......Page 46
Introduction to Rails......Page 48
Store Administration......Page 64
A Database-Driven Shop......Page 102
A Content Management System......Page 124
Java Integration......Page 126
A Rails CMS......Page 144
Content Rendering......Page 170
An Administration System......Page 192
A JRuby Enterprise Bean......Page 194
An EJB-Backed Rails Application......Page 208
Deployment......Page 226
A Library System......Page 242
Web Services with JRuby......Page 244
JRuby and Message-Oriented Systems......Page 256
The LibLib Rails Application......Page 280
Coda: Next Steps......Page 306
Ruby for Java Programmers......Page 316
JRuby Reference......Page 334
Resources......Page 342
Index......Page 348