[PhillyOnRails] Introductions

[smapdi636@hotmail.com (Chris Braddock)]

I've been developing professionally since around '94.  I've mostly used a 
litle-known language/RDBMS called Progress with various sidetracks in to 
other technologies over the years.

I'm currently employed as a web developer maintaining a legacy Progress 
codebase but I'll soon be venturing out on my own in some 
consulting/entrepreneurial fashion.

I'm very new to Ruby, Rails, and OO concepts in general.  I recently read 
The Pragmatic Programmer which eventually led me in the Ruby/Rails 
direction.

As of today I'm still working through tutorials and the Pragmatic Programmer 
books on both Ruby & Rails (with their Subversion book queued behind that).  
It's very exciting stuff.  I hope I can get up to speed become productive 
quickly.

Chris