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It seems that Grails project gains the momentum now. Some links:
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How to run Rails on JRuby

Im order to do it, you have to perform the following steps.


1. Install ruby interpreter into ${ruby.home} (e.g. c:\ruby-1.8.4-20).
You can download latest version for Windows from here:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/11926/ruby184-20.exe

Test it (check ruby version):

>ruby.exe -v


Ruby installation has packaging tool called gem. Test it's version:

>gem.bat -v



2. Install rails. You can do it in one command:

>gem.bat --no-rdoc --no-ri --include-dependencies install rails


If you are behind the proxy, download gems separately and then install them individually:

>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri activesupport-1.3.1.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri activerecord-1.14.4.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri actionpack-1.12.5.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri actionmailer-1.2.5.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri actionwebservice-1.1.6.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri RbYAML-0.1.0.gem
>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri rails-1.1.6.gem

All of these gem files could be downloaded from http://rubyforge.org site.

You can also update gem tool to the latest version:

>gem.bat install --no-rdoc --no-ri rubygems-update-0.9.0.gem

Test rails version:

>rails.bat -v



3. Install jruby library into ${jruby.home} folder (e.g. c:\jruby-0.9.1).
Prepare jruby.bat script file:

SET RUBY_HOME=c:\ruby-1.8.4-20
SET JRUBY_HOME=c:\jruby-0.9.1

SET CLASSPATH=%JRUBY_HOME%\lib\jruby.jar;%JRUBY_HOME%\lib\jvyaml.jar;%JRUBY_HOME%\lib\plaincharset.jar;%JRUBY_HOME%\lib\asm.jar

java -Djruby.home=%RUBY_HOME% -Djruby.shell="cmd.exe" -Djruby.script=jruby.bat -classpath %CLASSPATH% org.jruby.Main


The trick here is that we use native ruby libraries from ruby installation (not from jruby installation).

Now you can execute all commands, required for building/running Rails application.



4. Create new project (testrails). Keep in mind that the project will be created in the current directory:

>jruby.bat c:\ruby-1.8.4-20\bin\rails testrails


Newly generated project has already some commands inside, so we need to change the current directory:

>cd testrails



5. Modify testrails\config\database.yml to point to your database. By default, it's MySQL database.



6. Start the database. Create database for devepoment: testrails_development



7. Generate the model

>jruby.bat .\script\generate controller MyTest



8. Generate the controller

>jruby.bat .\script\generate controller MyTest



9. Start the WEBrick server

>start jruby.bat .\script\server



10. Test if server is started properly in the browser:

>http://localhost:3000/my_test

Now you should see your view.


Rails on JRuby is very slow. Let's wait for improvements from JRuby team.