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Evan Machnic’s November 8, 2011 North Florida Ruby Brigade "Intro to Ruby" presentation

Hiro Asari’s Devoxx 2011 presentation Presentation description: Java developers wear many hats: they manage builds, develop applications, write command-line scripts, and must master all tiers. If only there were a way to make these tasks simple and fun. Enter JRuby. Build engineers can write or enhance builds with Ruby, never losing a thing they depend on from Ant or Maven. Ruby offers several elegant testing options that work great with JRuby. Web developers can create Rails applications in minutes, effortlessly incorporating the latest Web technologies while taking advantage of the existing Java libraries. JRuby supports binding native libraries with FFI (foreign function interface). Command-line scripts? They’re easy with JRuby’s system-level features. Come to this session to learn how JRuby makes you a happy developer.

Dr Nic Williams’ Ruby Midwest 2011 presentation Presentation description: I wanted to know, "Do I need to learn about EventMachine or node.js? Can I use threads? What is so good or bad about threading in Ruby 1.8, Ruby 1.9, JRuby and Rubinius 2.0?" What was important to me was that the choice was abstracted away. I wanted to write normal, step-by-step Ruby code. Yet I wanted it to be performant. I’ve asked a lot of people. I even hosted EventMachine RubyConf (http://emrubyconf.com) during RailsConf 2011 in order to gather the brightest minds in the Ruby community. "What choices do I need to make, how different does my code look, and how do I do testing?" These are the questions I searched for answers to. I’d like to now share the answers.

Access webinar playback with audio here: http://www.engineyard.com/video/29346522 Who Should Attend: All Ruby Developers at every level of expertise What You Will Learn Details on how JRuby differs from other Rubies Monitor and profile your applications Deploy into Java-centric environments Configure and tune JRuby and the JVM What’s coming in JRuby 1.7 + Java 7 Afterwards You Will Want To Try JRuby with your applications Tell us what doesn’t exceed your expectations! Presented by Nick Sieger and Charles Nutter on September 15, 2011

As developers worldwide have adopted the Ruby on Rails web framework, many have fallen victim to common mistakes that reduce code quality, performance, reliability, stability, scalability, and maintainability. Even experienced developers will find that they can reevaluate the work they’ve done and make it better. In this session, Chad Pytel will provide an overview of some of these common mistakes as well as take questions from the audience and provide real-world advice. Bring your issues and get expert advice on how to bring your code in line with today’s best practices.