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Nashorn, what is the

whole buzz about

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Ask questions

By The U.S. Army

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GENERAL

NASHORN

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• yet another js runtime -> on server

built on top of Java

quite fast

EcmaScript 5.1 compatible

Nashorn is …

By Valentina Storti

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Allows to build DSL

Runtime modularity

Full access from .js to JVM

A lot of developers on market

Simple language

Even your user may try it

Why to use

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Or because …

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GENERAL

NASHORN :: DEMO

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TWO WAY INTEROPERABILITY

NASHORN :: DEMO

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TESTING

NASHORN :: DEMO

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VALIDATION

NASHORN :: DEMO

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SCRIPTING

NASHORN :: DEMO

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PROJECT AVATAR

NASHORN

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• Project Avatar is a JavaScript service

layer, that fully utilizes Nashorn

Engine.

• It aims at reducing JavaScript

knowledge required to start coding

• It’s a direct response to node

What avatar is

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www.techempower.com/benchmarks

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CONS

NASHORN

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http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2014/03/nashorn-the-new-rhino-on-the-block.html

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• Nashorn is much slower than Node

– But getting faster! (JDK8u20 & JDKu40)

• JDK 8 only

– JDK 7: Rhino and dynJS

• May have issues with various frameworks

• Yet another level of abstraction

– With not so many examples

https://www.threadless.com/@alanis

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Can be tricky

• Types

– Collections

• Programming model

• Execution model

• Scopes & contextes

• Libraries

• Developers

by Yoel Ben-Avraham

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ITERATING

NASHORN :: DEMO

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REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

NASHORN

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My project

• Soft real time

• Controlling thousands of devices

• Multithreaded

• „Distributed”

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