Our meetings are open to all experience levels, from total novices to expert Rubyists.
Current Agenda:
- "Fat Models aren't Enough!" by Jeff Casimir - "Fat Models, Skinny Controllers" they scream. Pushing your logic down to the model layer is a key step to improve testability, maintainability, and code quality. But many developers now have "junk drawer" models that don't realize these goals. Having a fat model isn't enough!
- "Using Ruby to Work with Java SOAP APIs" by Jason Gilman - Faced with using a Java SOAP API for a NASA project, Jason used ruby techniques -- from metaprogramming to packaging Java libraries in a gem -- with great success.
We now meet monthly at Logik headquaters, located on the 3rd floor at 709 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. The closest Metro stop is Gallery Place / Chinatown (Red line).
We always need presenters, so if you have a topic or project on which you'd like to do a 20-30 minute presentation on anything Ruby-related, Rails-related or possibly of interest to Ruby developers, please email me at josephgrossberg at gmail.com and we'll schedule you to speak. If have presented before, you are welcome to give a presentation on a new topic. This is a great chance for some of you guys and gals lingering in the back of the room to share some of the cool things you are working on. Don't be shy -- you're among fellow geeks. :)
As always, we'll have an ample supply of free pizza and soda for all attendees, so don't worry about eating dinner beforehand.
And we'll be heading around the corner to Rocket Bar for a beer or two after the meeting, to unwind and socialize with fellow techies.
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