Erin Mulder on Mon Oct 24 17:30:26 2005 |
Join us on Wednesday, November 2nd at 6pm for the first meeting of the Philly on Rails user group. http://www.opentools.org/phillyonrails/ The evening will begin with an intro session for folks who are new to Ruby and Rails. If you haven't had a chance to work with Rails yet, you won't want to miss this presentation! Even experienced Ruby developers should enjoy the feature tour. After a brief food break, we'll resume with a more advanced talk covering the SwitchTower deployment tool, which makes it simple to deploy, upgrade and rollback applications across multiple servers with no downtime. Please RSVP to me offlist as soon as you can. I'm trying to plan food and space, so quick responses will be greatly appreciated, even if only to say that you can't make it or are still unsure. Of course, quick YES responses will be MOST appreciated! :) Cheers, Erin ============================================================== SPONSOR INFO ============================================================== This meeting is sponsored by Chariot Solutions, a leading provider of Java-based and Ruby-based consulting services in the Mid-Atlantic region. Right now, Chariot is looking to add a few more expert developers and architects to its team. Are you passionate about software development? Do you enjoy writing articles, speaking at conferences and contributing to open source? Do you want to work in an environment where you're constantly learning from your peers? If so, Chariot may be the perfect place for you. Email twr@chariotsolutions.com to learn more. ============================================================== MEETING DETAILS ============================================================== When: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 @ 6PM Where: Fort Washington Holiday Inn 432 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort Washington, PA 19034 (See linked map at http://www.phillyonrails.org) Agenda: 6:00 - Intro to Rails for Non-Ruby Programmers This 45-minute overview will introduce Ruby newcomers to both Ruby and Rails. We'll start with a tour of the best loved Rails features to whet your appetite. Then we'll cover the basics of getting Ruby and Rails installed and developing your first Rails application. 6:45 - Break for food, chat, announcements In this half-hour break, we'll chow down on finger sandwiches, get to know each other and help newcomers install and run Rails. 7:15 - Simplifying Deployment with SwitchTower This 45-minute talk will introduce the SwitchTower deployment system which lets you easily deploy, upgrade and rollback your applications across multiple servers with no downtime. (Note: This topic is more advanced than the intro, but should still be helpful and interesting to beginners.)
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