# IronRuby at RailsConf 2009

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-at-railsconf-2009/168031>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [May 15, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-at-railsconf-2009/168031 "2009-05-15T05:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsoho)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-at-railsconf-2009/168031/1 "2009-05-15T05:53:58Z")

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Write-up of the IronRuby R.Conf 2009 talk:  
[http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2009/05/ironruby-at-railsconf-2009.html](http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2009/05/ironruby-at-railsconf-2009.html)  
Hightlights:

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     IronRuby runs real Rails applications: 

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[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2307/3530612930_8ea102c3ef_b.jpg "IronRuby running Rails") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jschementi/3530612930/)

o Along with other Ruby web frameworks:  
[![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OqCZhp9yI0Q/Sgyx4NBKY3I/AAAAAAAAAJc/LUzrGgDM_0Q/s1600-h/ir-info%5B6%5D.png) ](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OqCZhp9yI0Q/Sgyx4NBKY3I/AAAAAAAAAJc/LUzrGgDM_0Q/s1600-h/ir-info%5B6%5D.png)

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     Using ActiveRecord outside of Rails is useful for simple 

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database interaction (migrations, for example), and in WinForms  
databinding with ActiveRecord.

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     New project to enable deploying Rack-based applications on 

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IIS with IronRuby:  
[http://github.com/jschementi/ironruby/tree/master/Merlin/Main/Hosts/IronRuby.Rack](http://github.com/jschementi/ironruby/tree/master/Merlin/Main/Hosts/IronRuby.Rack)

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     Direct integration with ASP.NET through ironruby-mvc: 

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> **[GitHub - jschementi/ironrubymvc: Write ASP.NET MVC application in Ruby](https://github.com/jschementi/ironrubymvc)**
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> Write ASP.NET MVC application in Ruby. Contribute to jschementi/ironrubymvc development by creating an account on GitHub.

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     Special thanks to contributors and starting projects based on 

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IronRuby: [http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby-contrib](http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby-contrib)

o More information on contributing to IronRuby:  
[http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing](http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing)

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     Project statics on http://ironruby.info: 84% RubySpec 

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pass-rate.

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     Startup performance has also been a focus of improvement as 

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of late, and by building an adaptive interpreter/compiler (like  
IronPython now has) Rails startup time decreased from about 85 to 30  
seconds (2.8x improvement), without sacrifice for throughput  
performance!

~Jimmy