ringojs wikipedia

{{ infobox software
| name                   = RingoJs
| logo                   = [[File:RingoJs.png|150px|RingoJs Logo]]
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| author                 = Hannes Wallnöfer
| developer              = [http://ringojs.org/wiki/Contributors/ RingoJs Developers]
| operating system       = [[Mac OS X]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Windows]], [[webOS]]
| status                 = Active
| released               =

| latest release version = 0.6
| latest release date    = {{release date|2010|09|30}}

| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = 
| programming language   = [[Java]], [[JavaScript]]
| genre                  = [[Application framework]]
| license                = [[MIT License]]
| website                = http://ringojs.org/
}}

RingoJs is a compact JavaScript runtime environment based on Mozilla Rhino. It adds to Rhino a module system compatible with the CommonJS specification. Ringo projects can be deployed to the Google App Engine with little effort.

FIXME talk about notable features:
  * storage api
  * web modules

include info from http://ringojs.org/wiki/Philosophy/

== Examples ==
[[Web server|HTTP Server]] version of [[Hello world program|hello world]] in RingoJs:
<source lang="javascript">
function app(request) {
    return {
        status: 200,
        headers: {},
        body: ["hello world"]
    };
}

require("ringo/httpserver").Server({
    app: app,
    port: 4040
}).start();
</source>


== See also ==
* [[JavaScript]]
* [[Rhino_(JavaScript_engine)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://ringojs.org/ Official website]
*[http://github.com/ringo/ringojs Source Repository]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/ringojs Newsgroup]
*[http://hns.github.com/2010/07/02/versatility.html Blog post about synchronous and asynchronous web serving with RingoJS.]
*[http://www.gmosx.com/blog/agVnbW9zeHIPCxIHQXJ0aWNsZRjh2gEM/ Article highlighting the differences between NodeJs and Ringojs]
*[http://vimeo.com/10063607 Screencast: Deploying RingoJs to the Google App Engine]

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[[Category:JavaScript libraries]]