[NBLUG/talk] [OT] SoCoSA Meeting Tue, 3/6: Ruby on Rails

[Scott Doty]

On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 02:28:26PM -0800, Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> Hey, thought some of you NBLUG folks might be interested in this talk for
> the sysadmin group.  Same location as NBLUG, but a little earlier.
> 
> Ruby on Rails is quite Linux friendly, and Rob Orsini's been involved with
> NBLUG for years.  You could kinda think of Ruby on Rails as an alternative
> to the P in LAMP that simplifies development significantly.

A quick ping of the knowsphere...

http://digg.com/search?s=Web+DevelopmentPlatformsBenchmarked&submit=Search&section=news&type=both&area=all&age=all&sort=score

Top link there, RoR/CGI served one hit/second.  Ouch!

(To be fair, mod_ruby weighed in at 2000 hits/sec...)

 -Scott



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> Subject: [SoCoSA/notify] Meeting Tue, 3/6: Ruby on Rails
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Social/pizza hour starts at 6pm and the speaker starts at 7pm.  Show up by
> 6:10pm if you want to get in on a pizza order.
> 
>    WHAT: Ruby on Rails
>    WHEN: Tuesday, February 6th; 7pm (6pm for pizza/food/chatting)
>   WHERE: O'Reilly in Sebastopol; 1005 Gravenstein Hwy. N; behind rightmost
>          building
>     WHO: Rob Orsini; author of Ruby on Rails
>    MORE: http://socosa.org/node/200
> 
> Rob will give a 1 hour overview of Rails including server setup, admin
> issues and templating.
> 
> What is Ruby on Rails? "Rails is a full-stack framework for developing
> database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control
> pattern." What that means, basically, is that it lets programmers write
> applications without needing to worry too much about the boring details.
> Alternately: it's a a new, very popular way to create dynamic websites
> quickly and easily.  Even if you're not a programmer you'll likely
> eventually want to deploy a Rails application, and maybe even customize it a
> little for your site's needs.
> 
> Who's Rob Orsini? In addition to being the author of O'Reilly's recently
> released Rails Cookbook, Rob is an open source developer living in northern
> California. He's currently working for O'Reilly Media, in their production
> software group. Previously, Rob was the webmaster at Industrial Light &
> Magic, where he developed applications in support of the special effects
> industry. Rob has been programming the web since 1998, and upon discovering
> Rails, hopes to continue for many more years to come.
> 
> Location:
>    O'Reilly Media Inc.; Tarsier meeting room; go between buildings on right
>                         (towards lawn) and turn right
>    1005 Gravenstein Hwy North
>    Sebastopol, CA  95472
> 
> Google Map Link: http://xrl.us/u6vz
> -- 
> Eric Eisenhart
> NBLUG Co-Founder
> The North Bay Linux Users Group -- http://nblug.org/
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