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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:12:55 -0400
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Subject: Re: scripting with proper module system?
From: Justin Edelson <justin@justinedelson.com>
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On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:45 PM, sam =94 <skynare@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Is there a scripting support with proper module system (import modules fr=
om
> repository somewhere)?
>
> I know JSP can <%@page import=3D"some.java.package"%> .
>
> But, the "module" for JSP should be written in Java.. and deployed to fel=
ix
> as an OSGi bundle =A0(or the jar could be added to CLASSPATH somewhere).

This is not true. It's certainly possible to write OSGi bundles which
contain non-Java code. Not sure about Clojure or Jython, but you can
definitely do this with Scala, Groovy, and JRuby without much drama.

>
> What I want is to develop entire application NOT using Java, in the
> repository.
> For example, =A0in Python, I want to:
> =A0 =A0 =A0import some.module.foo
>
> and it'll import =A0/var/pymodules/some/module/foo/__init__.py =A0 =A0 =
=A0or
> something..

I don't follow Jython, so I can't say how feasible it is to get the
runtime to load files from the repository rather than the file system.
I tried to get the JRuby team to add better support for loading
RubyGems from other bundles, but they weren't interested.

>
> Looking at: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/contrib/scripting=
/
> none of scripting support seems to have that capability.
>
> Has anyone used/developed proper scripting support sling =A0(for any
> language.. groovy, python, clojure.. etc), where you entirely ditched Jav=
a
> development?
> If so, what is your experience? =A0What is your development envirionment
> like? =A0(step debugging, IDE..etc). =A0Is your scripting support open so=
urced?
>
> Or, if I want to develop web application using scripting languages
> (non-Java), =A0should I just use some other framework than Sling, and tal=
k to
> JCR through HTTP or something?
>