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ChicagoRuby.org at IIT on July 19th

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:42:36 GMT

Next meeting: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 3pm.

Location: IIT Chicago Campus, Room 123 of the Engineering 1 building near 31st & State Street. Parking is available across State Street; $4.00 for up to four hours.

Map: See the IIT campus map for the exact location.

Green Directions: From downtown Chicago, take the CTA Green line to the 35th/IIT station and walk to Engineering 1.

Curious about WindyCityRails? After the meeting we’ll head over to the McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC), site of the WindyCityRails conference. Once there we’ll answer questions and finalize our logistics for the event. See you then!

Ruby in the Trenches

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:29:40 GMT

At our July 19, 2008 meeting Kris Hicks will present Automator, a tool used to automate the main web application at First American Title. Kris merged his knowledge of company business logic with technology (Ruby, Merb, and Watir) to build this internal app. Anyone who wants to learn more about packaging and distributing Ruby, browser automation with Watir, or building with Merb will find this talk interesting.

Drop by Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP. See you then!

RailsConf in 36 Minutes

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:32:34 GMT

The folks at Rails Envy have posted a 36-minute review of RailsConf 2008.

Reminder: We’re having our own RailsConf Recap on Sat, 6/21/2008 at 3pm. Be sure to RSVP at Meetup.com if you’re planning to attend. See you there!

Replace Einstein at WindyCityRails

Sat, 24 May 2008 10:07:15 GMT

Due to the stubborn durability of the space-time continuum, Albert Einstein will not be presenting at WindyCityRails. Perhaps you can take his place!

Call for Proposals
Do you have something to say about Rails, software development, or a related topic? Can you sway crowds with your brilliant intellect and passionate views? Then submit a presentation proposal through the WindyCityRails site. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Ajax and WindyCityRails

Sun, 18 May 2008 14:26:49 GMT

Thank you Andy Amiri for describing your journey from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 via Ajax. This may turn into a series since Andy plans to come back and share the challenges encountered when he takes his app live.

WindyCityRails
Three days after we launched the WindyCityRails site, 18 of the 150 slots had been paid for. Reserve your spot before it’s too late. Drop by the WindyCityRails discussion in the ChicagoRuby.org Google Group if you’d like to help shape the conference. We’re four months away, and we want WindyCityRails to offer the freshest and most relevant material possible. And be sure to promote WindyCityRails to the Rails enthusiasts you know!

AJAX, Money, and Rice

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:01:06 GMT

For the 5/17/2008 meeting of ChicagoRuby.org, Andy Amiri will cover some simple ways to take an existing version 1.0-type application and bring it up to speed with AJAX. No Powerpoint here! Before your eyes, Andy will start with a basic financial app and alter it form by form to make the user experience smooth and consistent.

Different Location
Note that our meeting location is new! Drop by Meetup.com to RSVP and grab the May 2008 location.

April Recap, New Location for May

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:06:27 GMT

April 2008 Summary

CohesiveFT presented some exciting virtualization and elastic server on demand (ESOD) technology at our April meeting. Thank you Yan Pritzker for coming out to present!

Trevor Turk shared his continuing development of El Dorado with the group. As a special bonus, he described his experience in moving from Subversion to Git. You can grab the El Dorado presentation at the ChicagoRuby.org Download Page.

And again, thank you Lee DeForest of DeForest Group for providing a great meeting location! Skip the Hollywood restaurants; the DeForest site is the new hang-out for celebrities (inside joke).

Location Change for May 2008

Note that our May 17, 2008 meeting will not be in the usual place. The date & time will be the same (3rd Sat at 3pm) but the location will be different. Check Meetup.com in the next few weeks for the May 2008 location

El Dorado and ESOD

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:52:50 GMT

Our April 19, 2008 meeting will start off with El Dorado by Trevor Turk. El Dorado is a community web app written in Rails. Trevor will share stories from the trenches including lessons learned and why he chose Git over Subversion.

If you’re launching a Rails app, Yan Pritzker from CohesiveFT will tell you where to put it. Yan will give a brief overview of Elastic Server On-Demand (ESOD), a Rails-based web application that is used to create virtualized servers from a catalog of application components. A demo will be given of how to create a ready-to-go Rails stack and run your application on it without concern about remembering what you did to make the environment work.

Be sure to drop by Meetup.com and RSVP. See you in April!

March 2008 Recap

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:20:50 GMT

A special note to Morph eXchange: Thank you for the presentation and the pizza! Lincoln Murphy’s review was followed by a live demo of Morph eXchange in action.

Wil Chung capped off our meeting with an overview of Mobtropolis. Wil’s unconventional presentation highlighted features of the Rails-based app. Q&A gave Wil a chance to share war stories from the development effort.

As always, thank you Lee DeForest for a great place to meet!

Videos coming soon…

Homework Before the Meeting...

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:52:09 GMT

Like a good professor, Lincoln Murphy of Morph eXchange is giving us homework (!) to be completed prior to his 3/15/2008 presentation. Do your homework or the Nuns will have a ruler waiting for your knuckles. Just kidding.

Here’s Lincoln’s assignment in his own words:

In an effort to make my presentation to your group more of a two-way discussion, I would love to have some of your members sign-up and check out the system before I get there. Because this is a closed beta, all users have to be approved before access is granted to the Morph Application Platform.

To expedite the approval of members of your group, please have your members signup at http://www.morphexchange.com/innovator_usa and then send me the username they used. I can fast-track the approval process and get your members deploying Rails apps in no time. If any of your members have already signed up but not been approved yet, go ahead and send me those usernames as well.

So we don’t open Lincoln’s email address up to spammers, I won’t include his email here. Feel free to contact him through Lincoln’s Meetup.com Profile if you’d like to participate. See you Saturday!