Thanks for your response Jim. Is there any alternative solution to Openshift that supports the TB and Immutant combo, that you recommend?
On Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:47:14 PM UTC-5, Jim Crossley wrote: > > Unfortunately not, Rodrigo. Frankly, TorqueBox on OpenShift is not a very > happy experience, mostly due to bundler and very limited resources on the > free OpenShift gears. Until we get those issues worked out, I don't want to > encourage anyone to combine TB and Immutant on OpenShift. > > Also, we're kinda in a wait-and-see mode while the OpenShift guys > integrate Docker, as container images should be a lot easier to work with > than cartridges. > > So you're ahead of us at the moment. We expect to catch up, just not sure > when. > > Jim > > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:45 PM, rdelcueto <rdel...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Dear Jim, >> >> I just began playing with Immutant and TorqueBox. >> I realized the polyglot-openshift-quickstart* @ *GitHub is marked as >> obsolete. I found links to newer versions of immutant-quickstart and >> torquebox-quickstart, though as separate applications. >> Is there documentation or a tutorial on how to get TorqueBox and Immutant >> merged into a single OpenShift application, ala "lein immutant overlay >> torquebox"? >> >> Regards, >> >> >> On Monday, September 9, 2013 11:14:54 AM UTC-5, Jim Crossley wrote: >> >>> Hi Rodrigo, >>> >>> I'm one of the developers of TorqueBox and Immutant. Your email prompted >>> me to re-watch a screencast [1] I made in March showing how to use them >>> together. I realized things have changed a little since then, so I added a >>> few annotations to the video highlighting the differences. Hopefully enough >>> to get you up and experimenting. >>> >>> As you've probably figured out, both TorqueBox and Immutant are >>> integrated stacks, bundling some commodity services that most non-trivial >>> applications need, e.g. scheduling, caching, and messaging. The intent of >>> any integrated platform is to relieve administration burden. But that only >>> works for you if the inherent choices within that stack fit the needs of >>> your app. We think/hope default Immutant configuration and abstractions >>> (e.g. queues, topics, request/respond) offers a good balance to fit a wide >>> variety of apps. >>> >>> If simple integration between Ruby and Clojure apps is your chief goal, >>> I think Immutant/TorqueBox is compelling, but I'm biased. I would >>> definitely recommend using some sort of messaging broker, though, i.e. >>> don't mix Clojure and Ruby in the same source file or project. >>> >>> Performance and security concerns are so application-specific I hate to >>> make any generic statements about them other than, "be fast and secure". ;-) >>> >>> But do feel free to bother us in #torquebox or #immutant on freenode >>> with any questions about your particular app/needs. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jim >>> >>> [1] >>> http://immutant.org/news/**2013/03/07/overlay-screencast/<http://immutant.org/news/2013/03/07/overlay-screencast/> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:25 PM, rdelcueto <rdel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> I'm about to start working on building a site for a startup company. >>>> >>>> We are a small team, and currently they've been coding the site using >>>> RoR (Ruby on Rails). I was thinking Clojure might be better suited for the >>>> task, specially because we'll need to implement a backend which is robust, >>>> scalable and secure, but also we'll need flexibility, which I think the >>>> RoR >>>> framework won't shine at all. >>>> >>>> At our team, we are two coders, non of us are proficient in Web >>>> Developing, and we have little experience with RoR, and I thought (I'm >>>> sure) maybe investing time learning Clojure will provide us with better >>>> tools. >>>> >>>> PROBLEM/QUESTION >>>> >>>> While searching for alternative solutions, I stumbled upon the >>>> Flightcaster case, we're they are using RoR to implement the site's >>>> frontend and Clojure for the system backend. I thought this was a very >>>> elegant solution, using each tool for what it's good at. Plus this way we >>>> can reuse what they've already implemented. >>>> >>>> I found a way to do this is by using Torquebox and Immutant, and using >>>> the messaging systems to communicate between Jruby and Clojure. Still I >>>> have no idea of how this works, and the performance and security >>>> implications it brings to the table. I found little information on the >>>> subject. >>>> >>>> I would appreciate if anyone could provide guidance, examples or >>>> documentation on the subject. >>>> >>>> Any reference to open source projects which use this hybrid language >>>> solutions on the JVM would be great to have. >>>> >>>> Is this the best way to solve the RoR interactions? 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