[LRUG] What's your favourite Ruby conference?

[Roland Swingler]

As Anthony said, the Scottish Ruby Conference is solid, and will
probably be especially useful if you're still newish to ruby/rails.
I've been the last two years and had an enjoyable and informative
time, and I'm going again this year. Tickets sell out quick for this.

Ruby Manor worth a mention, which has run for the past two years (not
sure if it is happening this year though) which is/was in London and
normally has a very cheap price tag (around a tenner iirc). A whole
range of talks driven by the community.

Euruko is meant to be very good - several people have said it is the
best conference they've attended, although I've not made it there
myself yet - much more ruby focused, and again a cheap price tag
(around 30 euros I think). That tends to happen around Spring.

I really enjoyed QCon in London when I went, although that is a lot
broader than Ruby - there are a lot of interesting functional
programming/development practices/architecture type talks and
developers with all sorts of different backgrounds. It has a lot more
of a corporate background though, with a price tag to match (1,200 or
so), so you'd definitely want to get someone else to pay for it!

HTH
R

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:33 PM, David Waller
<david.a.waller at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been working with Ruby/Rails part time for a year or two, and still have
> lots to learn.  So I'm thinking that going to a conference (or two?) might be a
> fun way of increasing my Ruby knowledge and exposure to the cutting edge.  And
> maybe I can persuade my employer that it will be good for my education, and so
> they'd like to contribute to my expenses or let me go on company time...
>
> So which conference(s) would you recommend?  Which do you think will most entice
> my employer to feel generous?
>
>
> RubyAndRails Conf 2010 (Amsterdam, 21-22 Oct) looks very interesting, but going
> to Amsterdam makes it more expensive and less convenient.
> http://rubyandrails.eu/
>
> The Scottish Ruby Conference (Edinburgh, 7-9 Apr 2011) is closer (well, more
> convenient at least), but there is little information yet on their website.
> http://scottishrubyconference.com/posts
>
> Thoughts?  Other suggestions?
>
> Which will give my more ideas for spreading the Ruby magic around my employer?
> :-)
>
> Thanks for your advice,
>
> David
>
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