Constructing a dynamic webpage usually involves fetching data from several remote services. In this post, I'll tell you about ASAP, a small JRuby library we've open sourced that provides a concise DSL to describe these remote data dependencies and fetch them in parallel. Parallel programming is hard For the June 2011 Hackday, I worked with my mentor Greg...
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In his first post, Kevin told you about a day in the life of a LinkedIn intern. In this post, he'll give you a glimpse at the end-to-end architecture of a LinkedIn app. This includes a JRuby/Sinatra front-end, Frontier back-end, and data storage in Voldemort. LinkedIn uses a variety of technologies to process requests. Today, I'll describe one path through the...
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Are you a Ruby or Java fan, or better yet, both? The next JRuby Meetup is being hosted right here at LinkedIn Headquarters on June 23rd at 6:30 pm. Bring your appetite for food and knowledge: we'll be serving up pizza and listening to Nick Sieger, JRuby core committer and creator of JRuby-Rack speak about all things Java and Ruby. Please RSVP to the event at the...