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SunnyConf: Arizona’s First Ruby Conference (September 25, 2010) »

Created at: 14.08.2010 17:12, source: Ruby Inside, tagged: events

SunnyConf is a single-track, one day conference taking place Sept. 25th in sunny Phoenix, AZ. There will be 8 speakers and a keynote, as well as lightning talks. Speakers include:

• Jeremy Ashkenas (keynote speaker)
• Les Hill & Jim Remsik of HashRocket
• Charles Nutter (of JRuby fame)
• Blake Mizerany (of Heroku and Sinatra fame)
• and more!

Check out the official SunnyConf Web site to see other speakers and keep up to date on the conference. Tickets are priced at $100. A limited number of seats are available, so get your tickets now!

If you missed out on RubyConf, which sold out just a few days ago, this could make for a good tonic.

RubyConf 2010 Registration Just Opened – Be Quick »

Created at: 02.08.2010 03:23, source: Ruby Inside, tagged: events News

Early bird registration for RubyConf 2010 - to be held in New Orleans November 11-13 - has just opened and you need to get in fast if you want to go. RubyConf has a reputation for selling out very quickly and even though some waiting list folks usually make it in, if you're dead set on going, buy your tickets immediately. They're $300.

Not got a second to waste? Go direct to the ticket ordering page by clicking here.

Note: I don't get a cut of ticket sales or even get asked to post about RubyConf. I just remember reading a torrent of endless misery on Twitter when it sold out so quickly last year ;-)

Come See Us in May! »

Created at: 03.05.2010 11:00, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: events

We’ve been out and about, but if you missed us last month, check out what we’ve got on the calendar for May! There’s lots going on—both domestic and international, so this is a great chance to catch and Engine Yard speaker near you :)

Red Dirt Ruby Conference

May 6-7, 2010 | Oklahoma City, OK

We’re looking forward to the inaugural Red Dirt Ruby Conference! The one-track event includes a full day of sessions, followed by an optional training day to help you apply all you learned in conference sessions. There will be three Engine Yard speakers on hand:

• Tim Gourley: Sinatra: Microapps Running on Rack
• Andre Arko: Bundler: Painless Dependency Management
• Corey Donohoe: The Rise of DevOps

Frozen Rails

May 7, 2010 | Helsinki, Finland

We’ll be heading across the pond to participate in Frozen Rails, the first international Rails conference in Finland. Rails Core Team members Carl Lerche and Yehuda Katz will both be speaking, as well as presenting an in-depth tutorial on Rails 3. You don’t want to miss this one!

GeeCON

May 13-14, 2010 | Poznan, Poland

GeeCON is a community organized event drawing several hundred attendees each year. Content focuses on Java and Java Virtual Machine based technologies, with special attention to dynamic languages like Ruby. JRuby team co-leads Charles Oliver Nutter and Thomas Enebo will both be on hand delivering presentations; be sure to say hullo!

DevConf

My 17-18, 2010 | Moscow, Russia

We’ll be at the first-ever DevConf Moscow; it’ll also be our first time in Russia! The show features a multi-lingual, multi-track program; several hundred developers are expected to show up for a day of conference sessions, followed by a full day dedicated to master classes. Yehuda Katz will be giving two presentations: Rails 3 Choices: The Devil Is In The Details and Using jQuery with Rails.

Coffee’n'Code

May 21, 2010 | Kiev, Ukraine

Coffee’n'Code is our first Ukrainian Ruby Conference (lots of firsts this month!). We’re looking forward to meeting some of the local community members and getting a feel for the Ukrainian community. Yehuda Katz will be there, speaking about Rails 3.

Nordic Ruby

May 22-23, 2010 | Gothenburg, Sweden

This two day conference also has an awesome speaker lineup, featuring a mix of well-known Nordic and international Rubyists. Engine Yard’s Randall Thomas will be giving a presentation on machine learning and data mining.

GoRuCo

May 22, 2010 | New York, NY

For the third time, we’ll be sponsoring Gotham Ruby Conference (GoRuCo), one of our favorite right coast events. We’ll have a table set up and a handful of folks in attendance. Be sure to swing by our table to say hi and enter for a chance to win $500 in Engine Yard Cloud credit!

EuRuKo

May 29-30, 2010 | Krakow, Poland

EuRuKo is a two-day event, and the largest annual European Ruby Conference. Speakers are still being announced, but those confirmed so far are impressive. Rails Core Team member Yehuda Katz will be presenting, as will Ruby’s creator Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto. Keep an eye on the event website for schedule and complete event details.

RailsWayCon

May 31-June 2, 2010 | Berlin, Germany

After a smashing success last year, we’re excited to attend the second edition of RailsWayCon. The three-day event blends sessions and workshops targeted towards seasoned Ruby on Rails professionals looking to share their knowledge and promote ‘The Rails Way’. Yehuda Katz will be giving two presentations, one on how the architecture of Rails 3 was shaped by the community, and the other delving into using jQuery with Rails.

In addition to going out to the events listed above, we’ll also be hosting the first San Francisco MongoDB User Group at Engine Yard Headquarters. The evening event will take place on May 17th; be sure to RSVP!

Ruby Summer of Code is Here! »

Created at: 24.03.2010 18:30, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: events News

In past summers, student interns working on Ruby and Rails projects have made significant contributions to the core code of today’s ecosystem. Just last summer, summer intern projects, under the Google Summer of Code umbrella, funded merging ActiveRelation into ActiveRecord, a rewrite of the the Rails generators to allow for support for RSpec, Haml and DataMapper in the default generators, and the creation of ActiveModel.

The projects were all HUGE milestones and technical upgrades that have dramatically changed the landscape in Rails. As such, we are, together with Ruby Central and members of the Ruby on Rails core team, pleased to announce the first Ruby Summer of Code!

The project is accepting donations and sponsorships starting right now, and the more money we raise, the more intern stipends we can afford. This is a great opportunity for individual contributors and companies alike to give back to the Ruby and Rails communities. The mentor application window is also open, and student applications will be accepted starting April 5th.

Congratulations to everyone who worked to launch Ruby Summer of Code; we’re looking forward to seeing the results!

See You At The Hackfest! »

Created at: 10.03.2010 20:00, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: events MountainWest RubyConf

A quick reminder to those of you attending MountainWest RubyConf this weekend: Engine Yard will be hosting it’s third annual MountainWest RubyConf Hackfest this Thursday night!

We’ll be back at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center, in the spacious and comfy Vice Presidential Suite. We’ll have food, drinks, wireless access, and of course, code, code and more code. If you’ve been to a previous MountainWest Hackfest you know that this is the not-to-miss Hacking event of the year, so be sure to stop in!

Members of the Engine Yard crew will be at the show all day, and hacking in the suite all night, so if you’ve got any questions, find one of us on-site Thursday, or shoot us an email. We’ll see you all there!