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Us folk who have been teaching ourselves Ruby on Rails development in the Columbia Maryland area are still meeting up each Monday to learn more about it. We''ve expanded the scope of our meetings to be more about learning ruby then just leanring about Rails itself. At this time we''ve got some people working on the rails project and other folks learning how to do Test Driven

The Toronto Ruby User''s Group (TRUG) is pleased to announce TRUGhat 2006:1. TRUGhat: [T]oronto [R]uby [U]ser''s [G]roup [ha]cka[t]hon TRUGhat is TRUG''s hackathon[1] or codefest. In a hackathon, a group of people get together and will either work toward a common goal, or simply work in a common area on code that interests them. For our first TRUGhat, we have agreed upon a common goal. During a codefest or hackathon, there''s always lots of snacks available, and it...

...y coders with a couple grand (and Ruby Central gets $500 per project, so your seed money can grow). The Ruby community gains new tools, and Ruby coders get paid to make them. If we ''start a movement'' (ie: Alice''s Restaurant), well, maybe we can even revive the ''Codefest Grants'' [2]. It''s tough to just pass on a deal like that (do I offer the free coffee mug now, or do I wait until our guest star appears?) Operators are standing by, so click that link now (I blame PBS)... [1] http://www.rubycentral.org/pledge/ [2] http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-b...