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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