top | item 2929970 Ruby on Android: Ruboto 52 points| dean | 14 years ago |ibm.com | reply 7 comments order hn newest [+] [-] aaronbrethorst|14 years ago|reply Has anyone built and shipped an app that is currently in the Android Marketplace using Ruboto?What's the smallest possible app you can build and ship using it?What are the performance characteristics like? [+] [-] FlemishBeeCycle|14 years ago|reply I'd recommend Mirah (https://github.com/mirah/mirah) and Pindah (https://github.com/mirah/pindah) as an almost Ruby over Ruboto for Android due to slow startup times from the poor performance of Reflection on Dalvik. [+] [-] jondot|14 years ago|reply Search for 'Ruboto IRB' in Android marketplace. Perhaps every Rubyist owning an Android should at least have an IRB in his pocket :). [+] [-] denysonique|14 years ago|reply This encourages me to write an app for Android. [+] [-] nknight|14 years ago|reply This encourages me to use Ruby.I keep waiting in vain for a real Python option on Android, but Jython-on-Android was abandoned in favor of that lobotomized "android scripting environment" mess.I'm not Ruby's biggest fan, but I'll take it over Java any day. [+] [-] rawsyntax|14 years ago|reply ruboto code on github https://github.com/ruboto [+] [-] stretchwithme|14 years ago|reply at least the name is cool :-)
[+] [-] aaronbrethorst|14 years ago|reply Has anyone built and shipped an app that is currently in the Android Marketplace using Ruboto?What's the smallest possible app you can build and ship using it?What are the performance characteristics like?
[+] [-] FlemishBeeCycle|14 years ago|reply I'd recommend Mirah (https://github.com/mirah/mirah) and Pindah (https://github.com/mirah/pindah) as an almost Ruby over Ruboto for Android due to slow startup times from the poor performance of Reflection on Dalvik.
[+] [-] jondot|14 years ago|reply Search for 'Ruboto IRB' in Android marketplace. Perhaps every Rubyist owning an Android should at least have an IRB in his pocket :).
[+] [-] denysonique|14 years ago|reply This encourages me to write an app for Android. [+] [-] nknight|14 years ago|reply This encourages me to use Ruby.I keep waiting in vain for a real Python option on Android, but Jython-on-Android was abandoned in favor of that lobotomized "android scripting environment" mess.I'm not Ruby's biggest fan, but I'll take it over Java any day.
[+] [-] nknight|14 years ago|reply This encourages me to use Ruby.I keep waiting in vain for a real Python option on Android, but Jython-on-Android was abandoned in favor of that lobotomized "android scripting environment" mess.I'm not Ruby's biggest fan, but I'll take it over Java any day.
[+] [-] aaronbrethorst|14 years ago|reply
What's the smallest possible app you can build and ship using it?
What are the performance characteristics like?
[+] [-] FlemishBeeCycle|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jondot|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] denysonique|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] nknight|14 years ago|reply
I keep waiting in vain for a real Python option on Android, but Jython-on-Android was abandoned in favor of that lobotomized "android scripting environment" mess.
I'm not Ruby's biggest fan, but I'll take it over Java any day.
[+] [-] rawsyntax|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] stretchwithme|14 years ago|reply