September Agenda
ChicagoRuby.org covers multiple levels of Ruby on Rails expertise. Here’s our September 15, 2007 agenda:
- Beginner Topic: [Bobby Jacob] Agile Rails
- Intermediate Topic: Ray Hightower Overview of Radiant CMS
- Advanced Topic: Wil Chung When All Else Fails, Go Rails Spelunking
But wait… there’s more! Matt Polito will kick off the RadiantCMS extensions project!
Details, details, details…
Find the location and RSVP at Meetup.com.
Beginner Topic: Agile Rails (30 minutes)
Bobby Jacob will review chapters 5 & 6 of Agile Web Development with Rails. Bring your book and your laptop for maximum benefit. Buy the PDF of the book if you’re really cool!
Intermediate Topic: Overview of RadiantCMS (30 minutes)
RadiantCMS is the Rails-based content management system that powers ChicagoRuby.org, Ruby-Lang.org, and many other sites. Ray Hightower will overview the RadiantCMS, including ways that our group can develop extensions. Matt Polito, from our group, will lead a team in developing extensions for RadiantCMS.
Advanced Topic: When All Else Fails, Go Rails Spelunking (30 minutes)
Grab your gear and join Wil Chung for a spelunking expedition through Rails. We won’t cover all of the Rails code :-) but you’ll learn some techniques you can use to explore on your own.
Wrap Up and Discussion of Next Agenda (15 minutes)
- What topics would you like to see?
- What questions are gnawing at you?
- What topics would you like to present?