…or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Testing
- by Matt Polito
Chief Craftsman Dave Hoover was able to lead this rag tag group of ruby troops
from the trenches this week, and we all made it back alive!
WindyCityRails Early Registration Ends August 1st
Register for WindyCityRails by August 1, 2009 and save $50.00. The schedule offers something for Rubyists of all levels, beginner through advanced. All participants will enjoy the Obtiva Coding Dojo – a powerful coding experience that lasts all day!
Drop by http://windycityrails.org for more info and to register.
See you at the conference!
Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean: What Does It Mean to Ruby?
Ruby helps you develop software quickly and adapt to fast-changing market conditions. But can your methodology accelerate your adaptability and development speed? Join Drew Jemilo, an Agile expert, and find out!
When You Should Test Less
Jake Scruggs has been on teams with way too little and (heresy) way too much testing. There have been lots of talks about how you should test more, but Jake is going to dare to talk about when you should test less. Too much testing can lead to backlash, gridlock, morale problems, and poor velocity. Of course lack of testing can lead to bad design, gridlock, morale problems, and poor velocity. Balance is key.
Date & Location
The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at ThoughtWorks, 200 East Randolph (the Aon Building). Pizza and mingling will begin at 6pm. Presentations will start at 6:30pm. Be sure to visit Meetup.com to RSVP.
Thank You…
Thank you Wolfram Arnold, Justin Love, and Constantin Gavrilescu for presenting at the July 18th meeting. We look forward to hearing from all of you again as your projects move forward.
WindyCityRails
Sharpen your technical skills, network with other professionals, and meet some of the top minds in the Ruby on Rails community. Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and investors all find value in WindyCityRails.
Early registration for WindyCityRails ends on August 1st. Save $50.00 by signing up before then!
Cache Money via Remote
Our July 18 meeting will be a bold step for ChicagoRuby. Our presenter, Wolfram Arnold, is a Rails developer and agile consultant located in San Francisco. We will set up a remote connection with Wolf so that he can present at our meeting. If you are “poor” with model-based caching, stop by our meeting to learn more about Cache Money, which “is a write-through and read-through caching library for ActiveRecord.”
TruckerZoom Demo
During the second half of the meeting, Constantin Gavrilescu will give a presentation about his startup, TruckerZoom. Constantin will speak from experience to talk about some of the lessons learned. The topics will include multi-tenant applications, security with role-based authentication, access control using named scopes, working and staying motivated, and getting specifications from the client.
About Wolfram Arnold
[from http://www.rubyfocus.biz/foundation]
Wolfram Arnold, Ph.D. is a seasoned software professional with 17 years of experience, co-founder of 3 companies, and has been working on consumer web applications in Ruby-on-Rails since 2006.
About Constantin Gavrilescu
Constantin Gavrilescu has been working professionally with Ruby on Rails for 2.5 years. He first heard about it in a Slashdot comment 3 years ago. When he’s not programming in Ruby, he develops with C in Linux and does some Linux system administration.
RSVP
As always, head over to meetup.com for location details and to RSVP. Thanks!
Software Craftsmanship North America is all about mastering the craft of software development. The conference will be held Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in Chicago.
The list of SCNA presenters reads like Who’s Who of Software Jedi Knighthood. A few names from the list:
Attendees who register before July 15th will only pay $99.00 for this full-day conference. Several members of ChicagoRuby have already registered. Hope to see you there!
The Merger is Official
On Monday, July 6, 2009 we made it official. Chirb and ChicagoRuby have merged!
Josh Cronemeyer will join the ChicagoRuby team of organizers. Josh will continue to serve as our liason with our downtown host, ThoughtWorks.
Thank you ThoughtWorks for everything you have done to strengthen the open source community. ChicagoRuby looks forward to continuing our strong & positive relationship.
Next Two Meetings
Our next two meetings will be held
Be sure to drop by Meetup.com to RSVP and for meeting details. We look forward to seeing you!