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Java application servers are great at providing enterprise-scale
resources like clustering and messaging, but building web applications with
Java is not fun.

Building web applications with Ruby is fun - until you need to cluster them, or
perform asynchronous background processing, or integrate with any
legacy JEE applications.

In this talk, we'll explore TorqueBox, which combines JRuby with the
JBoss Application Server to provide Ruby developers with the best of
both worlds: efficient resource usage, easy asynchronous processing
using real threads, and built-in clustering - all with 100% runtime
compatibility with your existing Rails/Rack applications.