Blog - RUBY + jRuby-Swing
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I'am still working as DBA, as my main job, just sitting on my pile of knownledge. Mainly Oracle, but following PostGreSQL as second opportunity.
But for my sanity, I read other technologies around.
NoSQL DB's doesn't impress me much. It's just a fashion event. It's becoming a technology among another, with strong and weak points, not the revolution acclaimed at the beginning.
From my point of view, Graph DB's are more interesting, and the use is underrated for the moment.
And for Fun, I continue to code for myself. For some years, after trying multiple languages, I like and I come back regurlaly to RUBY.
Why RUBY?
Well the syntax is elegant and light, the code is compact and readable even after weeks or months.
I use it for scripting and for GUI.
For GUI, I use the jRuby with Swing.
Why not Java?
I tried it in the past, but I never like it, too verbose.
"100 lines of Java can be done in 10 lines in Ruby" : it's common sentence in Ruby world, and after trying it, ... it's true.
Why not python?
Well, I didn't catch up. If necessary, I thing I can code, but I prefer Ruby. It's more a question of feeling.
After years, the wisdom is to decide to not decide. Eveybody can claim to like and support it's own programming language. If it's mandatory to choose one, it's should be 'Ada'. But it's another story.
One of my favorite programming language is Ruby. And I will write some pages on it.