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Monthly Archives: May 2011

RailsConf.reflect_on_all_lessons_learned

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Today, I’m feeling mostly recovered from my first ever RailsConf, so I thought I would take some time to reflect on what I learned there, and share it with you, my dear reader. So, here we go, in no particular order…
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May 24, 2011

Heading to RailsConf!

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Well, I’m just about packed up to head to RailsConf 2011. If you happen to see me, be sure to stop me and say hi!

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May 15, 2011

Book Club, May 2011

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So, I conducted an introduction to Ruby on Rails workshop last night and just finished up a list of book recommendations for the attendees. I thought I’d share them here, in case anyone is looking for a few good starter books to learn Ruby on Rails. I went with 2 recommendations for Ruby, and 2 for Rails, because It’s really important to understand Ruby if you’re going to start hacking away at Rails. A deeper knowledge of Ruby helps make all the Rails “magic” more understandable.
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May 13, 2011

Squeel 0.6.0 released

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I’ve been hard at work trying to finish up Squeel before RailsConf (if you’re going, and you’d like to meet up, feel free to stalk me). Here’s what’s new since my last post:
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May 4, 2011