BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: London Ruby on Rails Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091111T183000 DTEND:20091111T200000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Ruby User Group (LRUG) November 2009 Meeting DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4749703/ ] It's time for another of the monthly meetings for the Ruby community in London. This month we're aiming at a "Ruby in sysadmin" theme and already confirmed is: * John Arundel doing a talk about Puppet / Chef titled: "Is Your Sysadmin Dumber Than a Hamster? How to automate your sysadmin out of a job\, and into a more interesting job." * Julian Simpson talking about CI\, Puppet\, and testing infrastructure. There'll be at least one other speaker\, if you are interested in talking get in touch: http://lrug.org/speaking/ At the end of the meeting (8pmish) we head to The Crown Tavern (http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub199.html) for a drink and a chat. Join Us. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4749703/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4749703/ DTSTAMP:20091019T021828 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T021828 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=h-lame:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/54882/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/9104/":The Crypt\, St James Church Clerkenwell @ Clerkenwell Close\, London EC1R 0EA\, London\, England EC1R UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T213000 DTEND:20091117T180000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091121T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core RoR: Web Development With Ruby on Rails DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ ] In this core Ruby on Rails 2.3 course\, you are going to actually build and deploy a web application written in Ruby on Rails\, learning how to use Ruby on Rails along the way. LEARN HOW TO: * Understand Ruby fundamentals * Install Ruby and Rails * Develop a full working web application with Ruby on Rails * Use new features in Ruby on Rails 2.3 * Grasp and master the fundamentals Models\, Views and Controllers * Apply Behaviour Driven Development and Test Driven Development with Cucumber * Getting to grips with Git (version control system) PROGRAMME DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO RUBY ON RAILS Hello Ruby Install Ruby and explore the syntax and fundamentals of Ruby. Ruby and Web Applications Why would you use Ruby on web apps? Hello Rails Installation of Rails and creation of our first application. Looking under the hood of Rails and understanding what's happening. DAY 2: BEST PRACTICES IN WEB DEVELOPMENT Test Driven Development Understand why it is important to test your code and how to test it. Write test cases for the web application and make the tests pass. Improve the application through good design What is good design? Best practices in MVC DAY 3: THE REAL WORLD See how to deal with complexity in applications and how to solve them using gems\, plugins and new to Rails 2.3 - engines. Don't Repeat Yourself\, create your own Rails 2.3 engine. DAY 4: INTEGRATION Talking with other system and application using ActiveResource and HTTParty (RSS). Create Blog aggregator. Exploring deployment options and deploying to live. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ DTSTAMP:20090823T111521 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T111521 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091127T093000 DTEND:20091127T180000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Agile Specifications\, Bdd And Testing Exchange DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333494/ ] Following the excellent response to our Agile Testing and BDD community events and courses during the last 10 months\, Skills Matter is proud to organise the first\, annual Agile Specification\, BDD and Testing eXchange - an intensive and intimate event aimed at bringing together leading thinkers and passionate community members. The aim of this eXchange is to promote awareness and adoption of modern Agile Testing techniques and ideas. With Lisa Crispin providing the conference keynote and two Parkbench sessions\, the programme is structured to encourage discussion and bring together the leading thinkers and passionate members of the UK Agile Development and Testing community. With a maximum number of 125 delegates\, we aim to provide an informal and intimate environment where you can share experience\, demonstrate new ideas and techniques\, talk to the experts and generally have lots of fun. Speakers Gojko Adzic has kindly agreed to be the Programme Lead\, and is currently working with Antony Marcano\, Lisa Crispin\, Dan North\, Liz Keogh and David Evanson on an interesting and exciting set of talks! Register today – and pay just £25 To event aims to provide a real opportunity to share ideas\, learn and discuss\, so we have limited the number of delegates to 125 only. There is also an Early Bird Discount of nearly 75% if you book on or before August 31st\, so if you would like to join us\, get your skates on\, register today and pay just £25 Info & Registration: http://skillsmatter.com/event/agile-testing/agile-specifications-bdd-and-testing-exchange/wd-33 Sponsorship There are a variety of sponsorship packages available for organisations that wish to reach this audience. For further details about sponsorship packages\, please contact Skills Matter's Community Manager Natalie Gray Programme You can find the full programme here: http://skillsmatter.com/event/agile-testing/agile-specifications-bdd-and-testing-exchange/wd-33 URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333494/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333494/ DTSTAMP:20090823T082540 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T082540 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091201T093000 DTEND:20091201T180000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Lean & Kanban eXchange 2009 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4314285/ ] Lean & Kanban eXchange 2009 Skills Matter is pleased to announce the Lean & Kanban eXchange 2009 taking place at Skills Matter in central London on December 1st - an intensive and intimate event aimed at bringing together leading thinkers and passionate community members. The aim of the Lean & Kanban eXchange is to promote awareness and adoption of Lean and Kanban ideas and techniques. With David J. Anderson providing the conference keynote and two Parkbench sessions\, the programme is structured to encourage discussion and bring together the leading thinkers and passionate members of the UK Agile\, Lean & Kanban community. With a maximum number of 125 delegates\, we aim to provide an informal and intimate environment where you can share experience\, demonstrate new ideas and techniques\, talk to the experts and generally have lots of fun. Structure 1 day\, 1 track\, 125 delegates. Full programme here: http://skillsmatter.com/event/agile-scrum/lean-kanban-exchange/wd-33 Speakers David J Anderson has kindly agreed to be the Program Lead and is currently working with David Joyce\, Martine Devos\, Rob Hathaway\, David Laribee and others to put together a fantastic programme of talks. Register Today – tickets just £25 (offer valid until Aug 31st) To event aims to provide a real opportunity to share ideas\, learn and discuss\, so we have limited the number of delegates to 125 only. There is also an Early Bird Discount of nearly 75% if you book on or before August 31st\, so if you would like to join us\, get your skates on and register today! http://skillsmatter.com/event/agile-scrum/lean-kanban-exchange/wd-33 Sponsorship There are a variety of sponsorship packages available for organisations that wish to reach this audience. If you think your organisation may be interested in sponsoring the event\, or you know of any other organisations\, please contact Skills Matter's Community Manager Natalie Gray further details about sponsorship packages. Natalie can be reached on natalie [dot] gray [at] skillsmatter dot com or skype natalieskillsmatter Hope to see you there?! Wendy URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4314285/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4314285/ DTSTAMP:20090823T013412 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T013412 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091209T183000 DTEND:20091209T200000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Ruby User Group (LRUG) December 2009 Meeting DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880415/ ] The pre-Christmas LRUG. Maybe Ruby-Santa will visit and give us lots of treats. Check out the LRUG mailing list for more info\, or to suggest something you'd like to talk about: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org. You should register with our hosts Skills Matter so they can set up the room properly: http://skillsmatter.com/event/ajax-ria/lrug-dec. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880415/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880415/ DTSTAMP:20091111T040112 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T040112 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=h-lame:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/54882/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/9104/":The Crypt\, St James Church Clerkenwell @ Clerkenwell Close\, London EC1R 0EA\, London\, England EC1R UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091212T093000 DTEND:20091212T173000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Ruby Manor 2 : Manor Harder DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810075/ ] Ruby Manor 2 : Manor Harder The Guvner is opening the doors to The Manor once again\, and just like last time it’s up to you to fill my echoing halls with the sound of Ruby. It'll be the same process as last year\, so you can just read last year’s announcement again (http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-manor/browse_frm/thread/0e62e14c2504250e?hl=en) and skip straight to making a topic suggestion (something you’d like to listen to) or talk proposal (something you’d like to speak about) in a new thread on the mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-manor/). Last time (http://rubymanor.org/classic/) there were 3 guiding principles which are worth reiterating: * Affordability - still no cruft\; bring your own clothes\, food\, stickers and free-pens\, and as before\; you’ll know exactly where the money is going * Transparent - Everything is still going to happen on the mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-manor/)\, but there be Twitter (http://twitter.com/rubymanor/) and a blog (http://blog.rubymanor.org/) to provide summaries for the mail averse. Everyone should contribute\, in whatever way they can\, to help whip the conference into perfect nick. * Relevant - Last year\, this meant no war stories\; this year it's also ‘no repeats’. If the talk has been given before\, chances are that it’s available online already. Ruby Manor 2 isn’t a timeshifted channel for the other ruby conferences\, so if you’re talking at the Manor you should be talking about something novel and new that you really care about. There you have it. Ruby Manor last year was a success because of all the effort that the attendees put in on the mailing list to shape what went on in that room on the day. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810075/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810075/ DTSTAMP:20091029T094232 LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T094232 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=the_guvner:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1061788/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/655977/":The Chancellor's Room @ Hughes Parry Hall\, 19 – 26 Cartwright Gardens\, London\, England WC1H 9EF GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100113T183000 DTEND:20100113T200000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Ruby User Group (LRUG) January 2010 Meeting DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ ] Who knows. First LRUG of the new year. Maybe we'll do something fun. You'll need to register with Skills Matter once they have the event on their site (The registration link just goes to their LRUG page at the moment). Really this is a placeholder. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ DTSTAMP:20091111T035732 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T035732 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=h-lame:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/54882/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/9104/":The Crypt\, St James Church Clerkenwell @ Clerkenwell Close\, London EC1R 0EA\, London\, England EC1R UK END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR