Ruby isn’t known for its game development chops despite having a handful of interesting libraries suited to it. Java, on the other hand, has a thriving and popular game development scene flooded with powerful libraries, tutorials and forums. Can we drag some of Java’s thunder kicking and screaming over to the world of Ruby? Yep! – thanks to JRuby. Let’s run through the steps to build a simple ‘bat and ball’ game now.
The Technologies We’ll Be Using
JRuby
If you’re part of the “meh, JRuby” brigade, suspend your disbelief for a minute. JRuby is easy to install, easy to use, and isn’t going to trample all over your system or suck up all your memory. Read More
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