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Rails Conf '08: Day 1 — Thursday May 29th

7:30AM-8:30AM

Continental Breakfast (60 mins)
Exhibit Hall E


8:30AM -12PM

Refactoring Your Rails Application
Zach Dennis (Atomic Object)

Meta-programming Ruby for Fun + Profit
Neal Ford (ThoughtWorks), Patrick Farley (ThoughtWorks)

Hands-on Rapid Rails Development with Hobo
Tom Locke (HoboCentral), James Garlick (HoboCentral)

Design for Developers – A Hands-On Workshop
Brian Hogan (NAPCS)


10AM – 5PM

Community Project Code-Drive
Event D135-136

Let’s take advantage of having the Rails community all being in one place at the same time AND take the chance to give something back to the projects and community which we so greatly benefit from. Roll up your sleeves and prepare to learn, teach, and most importantly, contribute. Read more.


12PM-1:30PM

Lunch (90 mins)
Exhibit Hall E


1:30PM – 5PM

CI for the Rails Guy (or Gal)
Chad Woolley (Pivotal Labs)

Powering AIR Applications with Rails
Tony Hillerson (EffectiveUI), Daniel Wanja (Nouvelles Solutions, Inc.)

Refactotum: Contributing to Open Sources
Stuart Halloway (Relevance, Inc.), Justin Gehtland (Relevance, Inc.), Jason Rudolph (Relevance, Inc.), Rob Sanheim (Relevance)

Developer Testing Tricks
Brian Takita (Pivotal Labs)


7:30PM

Thursday Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs)
D135-139, D141, E145-146

Following the planned sessions of the day, it’s time for RailsConf participants to take the floor. BoFs are informal conversations that you and other participants plan. Visit the BoF page for more details and to sign up to lead a BoF of your own.

Rails Alternatives and You…
D133 – Moderated by Mark Bates, Helium.com

Presenter Classes and the Power of Abstraction
D134 – Moderated by Mike Subelsky, Otherinbox.

Pivotal Labs Open Source Projects
D135-136 – Moderated by Ian McFarland and featuring: Josh Susser, Nick Kallen, Brian Takita, Parker Thompson, and Chad Woolley of Pivotal Labs

Get to know Merb
D138 – Moderated by Jehuda Katz, Engine Yard


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Posted on Jan 07, 2008 by Kevin Milden

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