JNI allows the use of function libraries made in languages such as C, C++, VB from Java applications. The advantage of JNI is that you don't need to write the calling function definition in Java. This ...

You need to understand what happens when calling Java classes from scripts written in JRuby or Jython, and vice verse. You also need to be aware of the difficulties of integrating a scripting language ...

Jeff Cohen‘s blog post Ruby 101: Naming Conventions does a nice job of covering conventions associated with the Ruby programming language. I like how he specifically writes to Java developers and .NET ...