[LRUG] London Ruby Users Group

[Tom Armitage]

I work a fair bit on both sides of Rails in my spare time, and am a  
client-side developer/markup coder at work. We've recently launched  
one moderately big project on Rails, and have a few more in the  
pipeline. I did a follow-up to the design team (most of whom are not,  
say, hard-core coders or developers) about working in Rails. Along the  
way I looked at why writing your own template code, and getting  
involved with the client-side of the development process, is a good  
thing.

I was wondering if there'd be any interest in a 5-15 minute rundown  
from the other side of the coin? Something for developers on how to  
play ball with front-end coders/designers, and how to help them get  
involved in their half of the process? Because Rails is full-stack, it  
allows a level of ownership that, say, J2EE often doesn't, because  
people can only see their tiny bit of the project.

I'm not sure what everyone's level of, say, XHTML or JS is, but I'm  
sure everone know some (something I'd be talking about...) but I know  
there are people interested in Rails popping along to the meetings,  
and it might provide some contrast to Geoffrey's talk.

Let me know, anyhow, what you think.

t.

Quoting Robert McKinnon <rob_m_mckinnon at yahoo.com>:

> Looks like Tuesday 8th it is. Wendy has let us know the room is
> available at Skillsmatter. Went to upcoming.org to see if there were
> any clashes, only to see someone has already put up the LRUG meeting.
> ;)
>
>> Tuesday the 8th is good - though I hope, Geoff, that you don't mind
>> doing a presentation on the day you fly into London!
>
> Geoff, can you confirm that you're able to present this day. The
> meeting time is usually 6:30pm to 8pm at SkillsMatter
> (http://skillsmatter.com/menu/40). Followed by a couple of pints at a
> pub round the corner. Seems most on the list so far are keen for a talk
> on PowerTools. We usually get around 25 people (mix of experienced and
> new to Ruby). You have a projector available. If you're keen, can you
> send us a tiny bio and presentation outline for the meeting page.
>
> cheers,
> Rob
>
> --- Tiest Vilee <tiestvilee at fastmail.com.au> wrote:
>> Sounds like Power tools may have it - that's a topic close to my
>> heart
>> as it seems the easiest way to sneak Ruby in, and Rake rocks :)
>>
>> Tuesday the 8th is good - though I hope, Geoff, that you don't mind
>> doing a presentation on the day you fly into London!
>>
>> Tiest
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:45:39 +0100, "James Adam"
>> <james.adam at gmail.com>
>> said:
>> > I'm happy nudging the meeting to Tuesday the 8th (or actually any
>> day
>> > that week, except Friday. Friday is for beer.). As for topics, I'd
>> > quite like to hear about Geoff's "Power Tools", but I'm happy to
>> > listen to anything he'd like to talk about.
>> >
>> > Let's decide on a date fairly quickly, so people can take note.
>> >
>> > - james
>> >
>> > On 7/17/06, Anthony Green <email at acgreen.co.uk> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > What does the list want to do ?
>> > > Move the meeting ?
>> > > Have a second meetup  with Geoffrey that week ?
>> > >
>> > > Tony
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ------ Forwarded Message
>> > > > From: Geoffrey Grosenbach <boss at topfunky.com>
>> > > > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:32:33 -0700
>> > > > To: Anthony Green <email at acgreen.co.uk>
>> > > > Subject: Re: London Ruby Users Group
>> > > >
>> > > > So I'm arranging my ticket to be in London for
>> > > > Aug 8. My flight will arrive at about noon and I'll take the
>> tube
>> > > > into the city.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Do you already have a speaker planned, or should I prepare a
>> > > > presentation? A few possibilites are:
>> > > >
>> > > > * Deploying Rails on a shared host (my talk at RailsConf)
>> > > > * Power Tools: Scripts and shortcuts for automating your
>> development
>> > > > environment (from FOSCON)
>> > > > * Advanced graphics generation with RMagick (my proposal for
>> RubyConf)
>> > > > * Test-driven development, or another topic
>> > > >
>> > > > Also, does anyone have a spare bed, couch, or floor I could
>> sleep on
>> > > > that night? I have a hotel for the other nights that I'm in
>> London,
>> > > > but not Tuesday night.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks!
>> > > >
>> > > > Geoffrey Grosenbach
>> > > > Seattle USA
>> > > > boss at topfunky.com
>> > > > (206) 286-1893
>> > > > (206) 276-5474 mobile
>
>
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