Basic Group Information
The Phoenix Ruby User group is a monthly meeting for Ruby enthusiasts in the Phoenix metropolitain area.
Each month we try to have one or more presentations on current Ruby development. Topics include Web development using Rails, Ramaze, Merb, and Rack; creating desktop applications and games; learning the ins and outs of Ruby metaprogramming; Ruby best-practices, such as test- and behavior-driven development.
We’re always looking for people to give a talk; it needn’t be fancy or formal. If you’re working on something cool, or learned something new, come show it off.
Details
The group meets at the Happy Camper Studios offices, 4643 E. Thomas Road, Suite #3, Phoenix, AZ 85018
The group is sponsored by Happy Camper Studios, and organized by: James Britt – james@happycamperstudios.com
There is a Google Groups mailing list set up for this group for general announcements, Ruby discussions, and other related matter:
http://groups.google.com/group/phoenix-ruby
Meetings are the second Monday of each month, excepting major holidays (e.g. New Years day/eve, Christmas day/eve). There’s general socializing starting at 6:15pm, with the formal meeting starting at 6:30pm and running until about 8:15pm.
You can drop by the HCS offices between 6:15 and 6:30 if you’re arriving early.
We’ve made a habit of going off to Havana Cafe after the meeting.
If you cannot make the meeting, but are free later on, consider meeting up at the restaurant.
If you do, please call James at (480) 236 – 4136 so you can find out where we went.
What’s Planned
January 12
Building and selling a desktop Ruby application: a JotBot review
Yes, you can write and sell cross-platform commercial desktop Ruby applications. The recently released JotBot is proof.
David Koontz of Happy Camper Studios will give a review of what worked, what didn’t, and lessons learned in bringing a Ruby desktop application to the market.
The state of Ruby in the Phoenix metro area
Let’s kick off 2009 by exchanging what we are doing now and want do in the new year. If you’re part of a company doing Ruby development, come let everyone know how it’s going and what you expect in the months ahead.
If you’re an independent Rubyist or just doing in your free time, share what you hope to accomplish in 2009.
There will be pizza! Please RSVP.
HCS will be offering pizza before the meeting (~6:00pm), but we need to know how many people to expect, and roughly what sort of pizza to get.
Please RSVP to james@happycamperstudios.com, or at upcoming.org.
Past Topics
December 8: Exploring Merb
James Britt will walk through creating a Merb application from scratch, avoiding project generators in an attempt to illuminate the essential parts of a Merb application. There will probably be some Rack action in there too, since Rack rules.
November 10: RubyConf recap
Hear what went down at RubyConf 2008. If you attended, please join us and share your observations. If you couldn’t make the conference, come find out what you missed.
Plus, creating, packaging, and deploying JRuby Rack applications.
October 13: Controlling Ruby apps with a Wii remote
James Britt will demonstrate how to use a Wii game console remote to drive a JRuby application. See how to have your applications respond to Wiimote movement and button combinations. (Bonus: Hot Ruby MIDI-on-MIDI action!)
Some notes about the presentation and code are here
September 8: Peer-to-peer with Journeta
Preston Lee gave a kick-ass talk about developing peer-to-peer applications using Journeta.
Directions
Meeting Location
Happy Camper Studios
4643 E. Thomas Rd. Suite #3
Phoenix, AZ 85018
Google map for the meeting location
The meetings start at 6:30 pm, and end around 8:15pm
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If you’re interested in Rails, you should also check out phxRails, the East Valley Rails group.