Ruby on Rails Camp

Max Dunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:54:00 -0700

It’s here! Ever since Wido and I went to the MashupCamp in July, we wanted to do a similar unconference for Ruby on Rails (RoR). So we have been looking around for locations and figuring out dates, and now have everything finalized. The Ruby on Rails Camp is going to be November 9th at IBM Almaden in San Jose, California.

Is Ruby on Rails Ready for Business?

The focus will be on whether RoR is ready for real-world, real-business applications. Will it scale? Will I be able to hire developers? Will it persist? Will there be support? Will it be compatible with my other applications? Will there be enough third-party components? Will I be able to get funding? These are all issues we hope to talk about, as well as other general Ruby and Rails topics.

Unconference

We are calling it a “camp” rather than a “conference” because it will be held in the Unconference style. So instead of having preset speakers and sessions, the first thing that will happen is that we will ask the participants to decide what sessions they would like to give themselves.

There will also be a SpeedDemo sessions so that participants can show off their own RoR applications – whether they are commercially polished or just something hacked together for fun. This will be a great way to see what you can do with RoR!

Fee

We debated on whether to charge a fee and decided on a small fee of $25 to reduce the number of no-shows. We also are planning to have Kaliya Hamlin facilitate the camp, and the fee will help make that possible.

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So if you are developing a Ruby on Rails business application – or would like to – or are just interested in learning more about Ruby on Rails, you should definitely come to the Ruby on Rails Camp!

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Ruby on Rails Camp

Is Ruby on Rails Ready for Business?

Unconference

Fee

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