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Groovy vs JRuby: What are the differences?

What is Groovy? A dynamic language for the Java platform. Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve.

What is JRuby? A high performance, stable, fully threaded Java implementation of the Ruby programming language. JRuby is the effort to recreate the Ruby (http://www.ruby-lang.org) interpreter in Java. The Java version is tightly integrated with Java to allow both to script any Java class and to embed the interpreter into any Java application. See the docs directory for more information.

Groovy and JRuby can be categorized as "Languages" tools.

"Java platform" is the top reason why over 38 developers like Groovy, while over 7 developers mention "Java" as the leading cause for choosing JRuby.

Groovy and JRuby are both open source tools. JRuby with 3.32K GitHub stars and 830 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Groovy with 1.49K GitHub stars and 414 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Groovy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 79 company stacks & 73 developers stacks; compared to JRuby, which is listed in 13 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

What is Groovy?

Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve.

What is JRuby?

JRuby is the effort to recreate the Ruby (http://www.ruby-lang.org) interpreter in Java. The Java version is tightly integrated with Java to allow both to script any Java class and to embed the interpreter into any Java application. See the docs directory for more information.

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Why do developers choose Groovy?

Why do developers choose JRuby?

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Java platform
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Much more productive than java
25
Concise and readable
24
Very little code needed for complex tasks
21
Dynamic language
12
Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm
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Very fast

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Java
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Faster than Ruby
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JVM
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Built-in Testing
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Deploy as executable jay
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Open source
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Supports native Ruby gems out the box

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Objects cause stateful/heap mess
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Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code

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What are some alternatives to Groovy and JRuby?

Java

Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!

Scala

Scala is an acronym for “Scalable Language”. This means that Scala grows with you. You can play with it by typing one-line expressions and observing the results. But you can also rely on it for large mission critical systems, as many companies, including Twitter, LinkedIn, or Intel do. To some, Scala feels like a scripting language. Its syntax is concise and low ceremony; its types get out of the way because the compiler can infer them.

Kotlin

Kotlin is a statically typed programming language for the JVM, Android and the browser, 100% interoperable with Java

Python

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

Gradle

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. If you are building, testing, publishing, and deploying software on any platform, Gradle offers a flexible model that can support the entire development lifecycle from compiling and packaging code to publishing web sites.

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Decisions about Groovy and JRuby

Alex A

Founder at PRIZ Guru · a few seconds ago | 3 upvotes · 103.7K views

PRIZ Guru

Grails

Play

Scala

Groovy

Gradle

Some may wonder why did we choose Grails ? Really good question :) We spent quite some time to evaluate what framework to go with and the battle was between Play Scala and Grails ( Groovy ). We have enough experience with both and, to be honest, I absolutely in love with Scala; however, the tipping point for us was the potential speed of development. Grails allows much faster development pace than Play , and as of right now this is the most important parameter. We might convert later though. Also, worth mentioning, by default Grails comes with Gradle as a build tool, so why change?

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