Toronto Ruby Brigade

We are TorontoRuby, a group of Toronto-based Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. Our goal is to create an environment where rubyists can learn together, regardless of skill level. TorontoRuby provides three avenues for continuous improvement and growth. First and foremost, we will provide an avenue for developers to present their ideas and experiences through presentations and lightning talks. Second, we can only become better ruby developers through practice. That is why we will have hack nights and work as a team to develop great software, beginning with the TorontoRuby.org website. Third, we will continue to learn and grow by holding a book club where we as a group will pick a technical book and work together to dissect its ideas and lessons.

Events coming up

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Past events

  • Book Club: Objects on Rails

    22-23 Aug 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us on August 22nd as we discuss Avdi Grimm's Objects on Rails. It is free to read online, or just $5.00 to download.Here is an excerpt from the site to give you more of an idea of what the book is about:"This book is aimed at the working Rails developer who is looking to grow and evolve Rails projects while keeping them flexible, maintainable, and robust.

  • Toronto Ruby: Ember.js & DCI

    14-15 Aug 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Our next tech talks night is taking place August 14th, 2012 at Bento Miso.Here is the lineup:Data Context Interaction: The Evolution of the Object Oriented ParadigmThe classical object-oriented programming is really good at capturing state and building self-contained objects. However, it doesn't provide any means to express systems of communicating objects. When you want to find out how something works, you must trace the sequence of requests for services across many objects.

  • Toronto Ruby: SOA/Winning The War Of Truth and Beauty/JRuby

    10-11 Jul 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Mark your calendars, as our tech talk nights return on July 10th. Our venue has been graciously offered by Bento Miso. We will be looking to have these nights every two months. Also, we are going to be having north editions of our tech talk nights close to Yonge and Eglinton.Here is the talk lineup for July 10th:Service-Oriented ArchitecturePitr Vernigorov from Uken Games will be covering a successful utilization of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

  • Book Club: Test-Driven JavaScript (Chapters 1-7)

    14-15 Jun 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us as we begin reading Test-Driven JavaScript by discussing chapters 1 to 7.For those who are new to our book clubs, there are only a couple of rules if you are interested in joining:1. Read the book2. Discuss the benefits/disadvantages of the solutions proposed3. Share past experiencesBook club will happen twice a month and usually lasts around an hour. We only allow limited RSVP spots to ensure great discussion between all the attendees

  • Ruby Book Club: The Rails View (Ch. 6-9)

    31 May-1 Jun 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us as we continue reading The Rails View: Create a Beautiful and Maintainable User Experience by discussing chapters 6 to 9.We will also be reading the Exhibit Pattern section from Object on Rails.For those who are new to our book clubs, there are only a couple of rules if you are interested in joining:1. Read the book2. Discuss the benefits/disadvantages of the solutions proposed3. Share past experiences

  • Ruby Book Club: The Rails View (Ch. 1-5)

    17-18 May 2012 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us as we begin reading The Rails View: Create a Beautiful and Maintainable User Experience by discussing chapters 1 to 5.For those who are new to our book clubs, there are only a couple of rules if you are interested in joining:1. Read the book2. Discuss the benefits/disadvantages of the solutions proposed3. Share past experiencesBook club will happen twice a month and usually lasts around an hour.

  • Ruby Hack Night

    12-13 Sep 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    Hey all,We are hosting a hack night every second Thursday here at the Influitive office. The idea behind this event is to get new and experienced Ruby developers to connect, find interesting projects to work on, and show off cool things they found over the course of the night.Each hack night, anyone who wants to lead a project can write their idea on the whiteboard, and spend 5-10 minutes describing what they want to work on.

  • SICP Book Club

    19-20 Apr 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    Hey gang. A couple of us have been reading SICP, and we're opening it up to a few more people. We're reading up to chapter 2.2.4 for our next meeting.What's that you say? You don't own SICP? No worries! It's free.

  • For the sake of hacking, mentoring and glory: A Rails CMS Project

    14-15 Apr 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    Rubyists, hello,my colleague Ryan and I are developers at a start-up building a web app on Rails. We recently decided we’d like to launch a blog/forum related to issues we expect to encounter, and that others have encountered with Rails in an enterprise context. The glaring irony many Rails shops with a similar need seemingly encounter, of being compelled to use a non-Rails CMS like WordPress, or Tumblr, became obvious to us.

  • Toronto Ruby: Dirty little secret about testing, Ruby object model & 10 Tips

    15-16 Mar 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    My dirty little secret about testingKent Fenwick will be talking about pragmatic approaches to testing and why you don't have to test all the time. He will be using real life examples from his thesis, startups and side projects.Ruby Object ModelThuva Tharma will be giving an informative Ruby talk about the object model and how it works.10 Things every Ruby Programmer needs to know

  • Ruby Book Club: Crafting Rails Applications (Ch. 1-3)

    2-3 Mar 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us as we begin reading Crafting Rails Applications: Expert Practices for Everyday Rails Development by discussing chapters 1 to 3.Be sure to pick up a coffee and join us at the Nulayer offices. Someone will be in the front lobby to open doors at 6pm. Message @kfaustino on twitter if you have any trouble getting in.

  • Ruby Book Club: Rails AntiPatterns (Ch. 5-7)

    10-11 Feb 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    Join us as we continue Rails AntiPatterns by discussing AntiPatterns for Services, Third-Party Code, and Testing respectively from chapters 5,6, and 7.Be sure to pick up a coffee and join us at the Nulayer offices. Someone will be in the front lobby to open doors at 6pm. Message @kfaustino on twitter if you have any trouble getting in.

  • Toronto Ruby: Message Queues & Design on Rails

    8-9 Feb 2011 in Toronto, Canada

    This February 8th, we are going to have 3 talks instead of the usual two! Also, we will be having a Design on Rails track for all those who work in the front-end.Introduction to Message QueuesRob Paulsen will be giving a talk about Message Queues in Ruby. This will be a great talk for those who work on the server side.Pizza and FellowshipAfter the first talk, we will take a little break, socialize and eat some pizza provided by the good folks at Engine Yard.

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