Ruby and Ruby on Rails have influenced many technologies and frameworks.

When Ruby on Rails first hit the market, it was a revolution in the way web developers created websites, using DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) and Convention Over Configuration to minimise code and configuration.

Of course, since then, frameworks like JBoss Seam and Yii PHP framework have taken inspiration from same mechanism and have taken it a few steps further.

However, Ruby on Rails still continues to be the market leader of MVC frameworks where very little code is auto-generated.

In a world where a programmer cannot rely on a single language or framework to survive, Ruby on Rails continues to be a leading choice.

Schedule:

17:30 to 18:00 - Registration and Open Networking
18:00 to 19:15 - Ruby on Rails Presentation by Paul Wilson
19:15 to 20:00 - Questions and Answers and Open Networking
20:00 - End of the event

A bit about our presenter Paul Wilson:

Paul is an Agile/Extreme Programming coach and coder who has worked with many teams to improve their process and 'Agility'. He has been practising Test-Driven Development since 2000, and other Agile practices since 2002. He is an active member of the local Ruby and Agile communities, and co-organiser of the Scottish Ruby Conference.

Paul currently codes mostly in Ruby and Objective-C but is open minded about other languages. He has spoken on topics such as organising a regional conference, working with resistance, and acceptance and test-driven development at events including European Rails Conference, The Naked Agilist Conference, and as a guest lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian and Napier Universities.

Paul currently heads the UK office of boutique software development house, EdgeCase

There will be a raffle for one license of JetBrains ReSharpner.

There will be teas, coffees, soft drinks, wines, beers and nick nacks available to keep us going.