Seattle’s First
RailsBridge
Ruby on Rails (RoR) Workshop
Why Are We Here?
Ruby Community
Women in Computing
Learning Something Cool!
Ruby Community
Yukihiro “matz” Matsumoto
“I believe people want to express themselves when they program. They don't want to fight with the language. Programming languages must feel natural to programmers. I tried to make people enjoy programming and concentrate on the fun and creative part of programming when they use Ruby”. – Matz 2001
Seattle.rb
Ryan Davis – [email protected]
Open Hacking Night: Every Tuesday
Where: Usually Vivace Cafe on Broadway and Republican.
When: 7 PM - whenever (9ish)
Women in Computing
1842: Ada Lovelace - analyst of Charles Babbage's analytical engine and described as the "first computer programmer”
1965: Mary Allen Wilkes - first developer of an operating system (LAP) for the first minicomputer (LINC)
1949: Grace Hopper - first programmer of the Harvard Mark I, known as the "Mother of COBOL". Developed the first ever compiler for an electronic computer known as A-0.
Women in Computing
Where are they Today?
DevChix
AWC
GeekGirls
LinuxChix
Look Around You!
Learn Something Cool!
What is Ruby on Rails?
Why Should You Care?
Who Uses RoR?
What is RoR?
Ruby is a language
Rails is a Framework
Web Apps
Why Should You Care?
Useful Tools!
Geek-Out!
Build Something!
Think Differently!
Work Together!
Who Uses RoR?
Shopify
Shop It To Me
Oakley
Groupon
Hulu
Hark
Penny Arcade
SlideShare
YellowPages
Where Do I Start?
HERE!
Today’s Curriculum:
http://www.wiki.devchix.com/index.php?title=Rails_3_Curriculum
Wireless:
Saturday Schedule
▪ 10:30-11:20 session 1 (Build and Deploy, Make it Your Own) ▪ 11:30-12:20 session 2 (A Closer Look, Adding Topics) ▪ 12:30-1:30 lunch ▪ 1:30-2:20 session 3 (Routes, Creating a Topic) ▪ 2:30-3:20 session 4 (The Topics Page, Allowing Voting) ▪ 3:30-4pm large group wrap up (What's Next?)