[LRUG] Presentations for July meeting

[Murray Steele]

Yeah, 10 minutes sounds about right (especially if I can't find a
particularly cool java library to show off with).

Cheers

Muz

On 29/06/06, Robert McKinnon <rob_m_mckinnon at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Murray, how about doing a 10 min presentation on YAJB at the July
> meeting? I for one would like to hear more about Java from Ruby access.
>
> cheers,
> Rob
>
> --- Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I seem to remember that at the lat meeting at least one person seemed
> > non-horrified at the prospect of integrating Java and ruby.  I'm sure
> > I could waffle for 5-10 mins on the subject if anyone wanted to hear
> > me.
> >
> > It'd be about using YAJB (http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/yajb/) as
> > when I needed to do something JRuby was just prior to that "One more
> > big sprint to the get-rails-running-on-it-finish-line" and I
> > dismissed it out of hand for appearing to be less good.  Also JRuby
> > gives you Ruby scripting inside Java
> > (as compared to YAJB which is access to Java from Ruby) and in my
> > newly fitted rubyist hat I deemed that to be A Bad Thing.
> >
> > Anyway, anyone care?
> >
> > On 22/06/06, Robert McKinnon <rob_m_mckinnon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Our next presentation-based meeting is on Monday, July 10 (sticking
> > to
> > > second Monday in the month). We don't yet have an agenda for it.
> > >
> > > Based on discussion at the last meeting we'll aim to have 2-3
> > shorter
> > > presentations. Suggested topics (that we're not restricted) to
> > include:
> > > Domain Specific Languages - or better yet a DSL example, RubyQuiz
> > > examples, Microformats with Ruby, ActiveRecord e.g.
> > > http://www.notsostupid.com/files/2006/finding_rails.pdf .
> > >
> > > Does anybody want to volunteer to present on something? You don't
> > need
> > > to be an expert, and it doesn't need to be a long talk. Quirky,
> > > pointless, fun stuff is welcome along with more serious topics.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > PS: I'll be abroad for the next week and a half so maybe James or
> > Tiest
> > > can email Wendy if we get an agenda organized.
>
>
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