Ruby on Rails has been a popular topic at past meetings, both as a topic and within post-meeting discussions, and while we have had some great coverage we don’t get to dive too deeply into the subject. Well, if you’re interested in learning about Ruby on Rails, here’s your chance to learn from some rock solid professional developers, who are strong supporters of our local tech scene (Austin on Rails is an awesome group). They have set up Rails Bootup, which looks like an amazing opportunity for someone to jump in and learn from the pros.
They’re planning to cover the basics of Ruby on Rails, which could be very useful for designers who work with Rails developers or who have used other frameworks, but want to gain more experience. In addition to all of the knowledge you gain, they’re giving back to the community by donating at least 25% of the profits to the Austin Children’s Shelter.
The event will be held downtown on August 2nd. If you’re interested or want to know more, visit Rails Bootup.
If you attend, I know a lot of us love to hear a recap!
Tags: Austin, Austin on Rails, event, ruby on rails
- Lots of folks, including many Austin Refreshers, came out for the SXSW Mixer at Mohawk. Short recap here.
- On Tuesday, Grant Hutchins led a presentation titled “Grids in Depth” and David Humphreys led an Introduction to Rails and shared his 10 favorite things about the framework at our February Refresh Austin Meeting. Excellent presentations from both, as well as a great turnout!
- Julie Gomoll finally answered the questions, “When can we start coworking in Austin already?” Turns out we can start coworking in downtown Austin on July 1st. Launchpad Coworking’s space will be located at 800 Brazos Street. Be sure to head over to the Launchpad site to learn more!
- Justin Perkins has announced that he has a new site coming in a week. Or two. His site always takes a creative approach to blogging/bookmarking/lifestreaming/whatever, so it’s exciting to see what’s next.
- On a serious note, Alex Jones takes Pixish to task for fomenting an environment where “clients will view the talent pool as relatively equal, opting for a crap shoot instead of finding the right match for their needs”. As Alex notes in his blog post, this constitutes spec-work and should be guarded against. Derek Powazek did take the time to respond to some of the issues brought up, but only time will tell on this one. Many creatives in in the industry remain unconvinced.
- Christian Watson takes us on a whimisical Journey Through Web Design & Usability Domain Names. Sadly, it appears that the majority of semantically named web/dev/design domains are just parked.
- Do you googlebate? Ryan Joy sure does.
- GeekAustin announced that their May happy hour would be a special Wordpress edition. RSVP here if you enjoy socializing with geeks in a libacious environments.
That’s it for this week, folks!
Tags: coworking, design, geek austin, happy hour, meeting, ruby on rails, SXSW, sxswi
We have an info-packed meeting on February 12, chock-full of design and development goodness. Grant Hutchins will cover the use of Grids for design, showing you the ins and outs of their usage and how they can help you on your next project. David Humphreys will present an Introduction to Ruby on Rails, the popular programming framework.
This will be a great meeting for folks interested in all aspects of the Web, and as always, the conversations will likely continue after the meeting at the closest spot with beer and food.
Update: David has posted the slides of his Rails presentation.
Tags: design, event, grids, meeting, ruby on rails, web design
