Subject: Rails Workshop in Pune, Sept 1-2, 2006 You might be interested in attenting this upcoming Rails workshop on the 1st and 2nd Sept. It is being hosted by Shashank Date, a Ruby & Rails veteran and Dibya Prakash, who heads one of the few Rails-based development companies in Pune. The contents/agenda look awesome and its a steal at Rs.8000. I might be there to help out with some of the hands-on segments. REGISTER HERE: http://www.innovationworkshop.in/ See you there. Best, Pratik ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Ruby on Rails Development 2 day workshop for getting started with professional Rails development September 1st and 2nd, 2006 Introductory Fees: Rs. 8000/- per person Timing: 10:00AM to 6:00PM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a practical hands-on 2 day workshop on Ruby on Rails that will help you get started with Rails with a solid foundation of the fundamentals of Ruby and Rails. You do not need to know either Ruby or Rails to benefit from this workshop. The workshop will drive you through some hands-on coding as well. This is a quick start workshop for professional Ruby on Rails development and will set you in the right direction with just the right set of tips, tricks and ideas. We look beyond what is publicly available. We look at the upcoming version of Rails and the new features and let you know the benefits in advance of public releases. While this workshop is meant for developers, it will also be an ideal technical introduction for Project Managers. Who can benefit from this workshop? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Software application developers looking to start on Rails or already working on Rails will benefit a lot from this workshop to write more elegant Rails applications. This 2 day workshop will leave you all set to develop full fledged Rails web applications by leveraging the true benefits of Rails. If you already have some experience development web applications using other technologies, you will find it easier to see the differences and benefits of Rails. Knowing Ruby is not a must, but can be a plus to get rolling faster. Introduction to Ruby: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This will cover the basics of the Ruby language which is the foundation of the Rails Web framework. * It will touch the salient features of the language, which make developing and extending the framework a joyful experience. * It will also introduce you to some select libraries and tools available with Ruby. * Hour 0: Ruby Basics * Hour 1: Ruby Blocks * Hour 2: Ruby Object Model * Hour 3: Ruby Dynamics * Hour 4: Ruby Libraries * Hour 5: Ruby Tools * Hour 6: Case Study * Hour 7: Case Study continued Introduction to Ruby on Rails: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This will cover the basics of the Web framework and develop a small Web 2.0 application from inception to end. * It will introduce you to the MVC architecture which forms the basis of the framework. * The framework is made up of five components: ActiveRecord, ActiveSupport, ActionPack, ActionMailer, ActionWebServices. * We will work on all these components to create a simple yet sophisticated Web application. * Hour 0: MVC Architecture Basics * Hour 1: ORM Basics: ActiveRecord * Hour 2: ActionPack = ActionView+ActionController * Hour 4: ActiveSupport+ActionMailer+ActionWebServices * Hour 5: RJS * Hour 6: Case Study * Hour 7: Case Study continued -- rm -rf / 2>/dev/null - http://null.in Dont judge those who try and fail, judge those who fail to try..