Rails - Oct 2005 - Atlanta Ruby Users Group Meets Tuesday 6:30 PM

Joining in with Boston and Portland, the Atlanta Ruby Users Group
meets Tuesday, October 4th at 6:30 PM in the Perimeter Area.

The headline event will be Obie Fernandez''s presentation on Ruby on
Rails.

And most importantly, there will be plenty of pizza, coke, and wings
to go around.

Location and Directions---
Pavilion D
5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342

Pavilion D is the bldg nearest Lake Hearn. If you enter from
Peachtree-Dunwoody it''s the last bldg on the left.

The doors lock at around 6:30PM so call Mark @ 404-456-7775 if you¹re
late and can''t get in the building.  There¹s also an intercom by the
door for security if you don¹t have signal.

Map: http://rubyurl.com/1EC

For more information, see http://atlrug.org

--
Derek Haynes
HighGroove Studios - http://www.highgroove.com
Keeping it Simple.
404.593.4879

All,

See the basic details below and an extended version at the bottom.

At a Glance----------------------------------------

Topics-
Rails Gotchas, Group Projects, Administrative Basics

Date/Time-
Tuesday, Nov. 1 @ 6:30 PM

Location-
Cox Communications
Pavilion D
5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342

Campus Directions-
Pavilion D is the bldg nearest Lake Hearn. If you enter from
Peachtree-Dunwoody it''s the last bldg on the left.

The doors lock at around 6:30PM so call Mark @ 404-456-7775 if you''re
late and can''t get in the building. There''s also an intercom
by the
door for security if you don''t have signal.

Food-
Pizza

Map-
http://rubyurl.com/1EC

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All,

After the introduction to Ruby at our first meeting, we''re ready to
dive into the development of real applications.

Here''s the lineup for the meeting:

- Rails Gotchas
You loved Obie''s presentation, and now you are ready to get started on
a Rails application that will spark a host of articles entitled "Is
the bubble back?".

In a nutshell, I''ll share what I wish I would have known before
developing my first application and code snippets to make development
easier.

- Group Projects
The best way to learn is through practice, so we''ll divide up into
groups to start work on a small group project. We''ll chat about
hosting, project tracking, svn, and more.

See a list of current project ideas:
http://atlrug.org/atlrug/show/ProjectIdeas

- Admin
We need to establish some sort of group leadership structure and also
consider a name change that has been suggested (atlanta.rb).

I will attempt to keep the Rails Gotchas discussion under 25 minutes
so we can focus on the group projects. I''ll post a copy of the
presentation online for reference.

Thanks again to Mark Cotner and Cox Communications for hosting the
meeting and providing the food!

Hope to see you there,

Derek
--
Derek Haynes
HighGroove Studios - http://www.highgroove.com
Keeping it Simple.
404.593.4879