RailsConf Events

2007 May 17
to 2007 May 20
 RailsConf 2007 Overview
Happening May 17-20, 2007 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what...
2007 May 18
9:15AM
 David Heinemeier Hansson - RailsConf Keynote
2008 May 29
to 2008 Jun 1
 RailsConf 2008 Overview
2008 May 30
9:15AM
 Joel Spolsky - RailsConf Keynote
2008 May 30
8:00PM
 David Heinemeier Hansson - RailsConf Keynote
2008 May 31
9:15AM
 Jeremy Kemper - RailsConf Keynote
2008 May 31
5:30PM
 Kent Beck - RailsConf Keynote
2009 May 4
to 2009 May 7
 RailsConf 2009 Overview
Happening May 4-7, 2009 at the Las Vegas Hilton, RailsConf is the official event for the Ruby on Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve—or are cur...
2009 May 4
8:30AM-12:00PM
 A-Z Introduction to Ruby on Rails - RailsConf Tutorial
Many come to RailsConf without being in the Rails world for very long, and are looking for a simple introduction to get started. Attendees to this interactive tutorial will gain a full un...
2009 May 4
8:30AM-12:00PM
 jQuery on Rails - RailsConf Tutorial
2009 May 4
8:30AM-12:00PM
 JRuby on Rails - RailsConf Tutorial
Ruby, the Ruby implementation that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, is a strong alternative for Rails development and deployment. Whether you operate in a strict Java shop or just want t...
2009 May 4
8:30AM-12:00PM
 Running the Show: Configuration Management with Chef - RailsConf Tutorial
Few completed Rails apps are architecturally simple. As soon as you grow, you find yourself using multiple subsystems and machines to scale. Cloud-based environments such as EC2 make this...
2009 May 4
1:30PM-5:00PM
 A Hat Full of Tricks with Sinatra - RailsConf Tutorial
Sinatra is Ruby’s most powerful and agile micro-framework. This small package packs a huge punch. Learn why you need this tool on your belt and how to use it properly.
2009 May 4
1:30PM-5:00PM
 Solving the Riddle of Search: Using Sphinx with Rails - RailsConf Tutorial
Working from the ground up, Pat Allan will give you a solid understanding of how searching with Sphinx works, covering the following topics: Sphinx Concepts: Fields and Attributes In...
2009 May 4
1:30PM-5:00PM
 Testing, Design, and Refactoring - RailsConf Tutorial
Everyone seems to be on the TDD/BDD bandwagon these days. We have gotten very good at the first two phases of the Red/Green/Refactor cycle. But in our push toward releasing new code and f...
2009 May 5
9:15AM-10:15AM
 David Heinemeier Hansson - RailsConf Keynote
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Don't Mock Yourself - RailsConf
Ask experienced Rails developers what they think about mock objects and some will say “absolutely awesome” while others “absolutely horrible.” The problem with both of those answers lies ...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The Even-Darker Art of Rails Engines - RailsConf
When I started talking about the idea of ‘Rails Engines’ a few years ago, everyone thought I was crazy. Some people said it was stupid, or just plain evil. Despite that, the ability to wr...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The Gilt Effect - RailsConf
Gilt Groupe is a fascinating e-commerce business, where luxury items are sold at a discount in “flash” sales that mimic the New York sample sale experience. In this model, passionate buye...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The GitHub Panel - RailsConf
Chris Wanstrath (GitHub), Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub), PJ Hyett (GitHub), Scott Chacon (GitHub), Jon Maddox (Mustache, Inc.) We plan to solicit questions in advance from the Rails comm...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 In Praise of Non-Fixtured Data - RailsConf
This talk explores why fixtures are mostly bad, what can be done to “fix” the unmanageable miscreant that fixtures have evolved into, and cross-examines the new breed of data generators. ...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 PWN Your Infrastructure: Behind Call of Duty: World at War - RailsConf
I’ve included the outline I’ve prepared for the talk below. In it, I cover two technologies (NFS and Monit) and how building our infrastructure around them from the ground up allowed us t...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 Rails Is from Mars, Ruby Is from Venus - RailsConf
Rails Is from Mars, Ruby Is from Venus Rails Has Opinions and Ruby Likes To Talk Ruby Loves You But Sometimes You Drive Her Crazy Ruby Likes It When You Do Things Her Way Rails Performanc...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 UI Fundamentals for Programmers - RailsConf
Ryan will explain the key concepts you should understand to design and implement UI for your apps. He’ll cover screen-level details like language and visual techniques as well as implemen...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 Women In Rails - RailsConf Discussion Panel
A general question like “How do we get more women into technology?” isn’t actually useful for our community. Discussion usually devolves into nature vs. nurture, then affirmative action, ...
2009 May 5
1:50PM-2:40PM
 Building a Mini-Google: High-Performance Computing in Ruby - RailsConf
High-performance computing may not be Ruby’s strength on the surface, but there is a great number of gems and third party packages which are often overlooked when it comes to this topic. ...
2009 May 5
1:50PM-2:40PM
 JavaScript Testing in Rails - RailsConf
You wouldn’t consider developing a Rails application without having a solid test suite for your Ruby code, but you’ve somehow convinced yourself to cross your fingers and look the other w...
2009 May 5
1:50PM-2:40PM
 The Future of Deployment - RailsConf Panel
The way we deploy ruby apps is changing. It’s getting better, faster, and smoother. This is happening because all the different pieces of the stack, including the underlying hosting platf...
2009 May 5
1:50PM-2:40PM
 Writing Modular Applications - RailsConf
Many words of programming wisdom have been written to promote the idea of low coupling between modules. “Prefer delegation over inheritance”, “The Law of Demeter” are examples of these wo...
2009 May 5
2:50PM-3:40PM
 Below and Beneath TDD: Test Last Development and Other Real-World Test Patterns - RailsConf
Everybody knows about test/fail/code/refactor and red/green/clean. When testing in the wild, though, everybody slips and slides a little. This talk explores what makes Test Driven Develop...
2009 May 5
2:50PM-3:40PM
 Gov 2.0: Transparency, Collaboration, and Participation in Practice - RailsConf Panel
This panel will present views on how to improve civic life, protect democracy and hold politicians accountable using Web 2.0 technology. The panelists will lay out the massive need for pr...
2009 May 5
2:50PM-3:40PM
 I Rock, I Suck, I am - Jumpstart Your Journey to Agile - RailsConf
So you’ve read Kent Beck’s white book and heard him speak at RailsConf 2008. Agile yet? Why not? Being Agile is not a destination or a happening. It’s a journey. It took me 6 years,...
2009 May 5
2:50PM-3:40PM
 JRuby: State of the Art
JRuby has made Ruby on the JVM a reality. It has also opened up a whole new world of opportunities to Ruby and Rails developers. Built atop a world-class VM, JRuby has an easier path to e...
2009 May 5
2:50PM-3:40PM
 Smacking Git Around - Advanced Git Tricks - RailsConf
This session will cover intermediate to advanced Git commands and usage that will save you time and money. You will not understand how you lived life with Git before knowing them. We w...
2009 May 5
4:25PM-5:15PM
 Blood, Sweat and Rails - RailsConf
Take a break from the technical mumbo-jumbo and listen to Obie leverage his wit and real-life experience in what promises to be an entertaining and insightful session geared towards curre...
2009 May 5
4:25PM-5:15PM
 Guitar Hero®: Behind the Music - RailsConf
The Guitar Hero® community website (http://community.guitarhero.com) is one of the largest production RoR sites on the Internet with 600,000+ registered users. We will cover the process, ...
2009 May 5
4:25PM-5:15PM
 Quality Code with Cucumber - RailsConf
Cucumber’s plain text language for describing an application’s behaviour has become a popular tool for many Ruby and Rails teams. What’s all the fuzz about? In this session you will se...
2009 May 5
4:25PM-5:15PM
 Scaling Rails - RailsConf
5 years after the initial release of Ruby on Rails, multiple large and successful websites are powered by this innovative and still relatively young framework. But word is still on the st...
2009 May 5
5:45PM-6:15PM
 Ruby Heroes Awards Ceremony - RailsConf
There are many people in the Ruby/Rails world who contribute to our community and rarely receive any recognition or payment for their work. They write educational blogs & tutorials, creat...
2009 May 5
6:15PM
 Timothy Ferriss - RailsConf Keynote
The 4-hour Workweek Serial entrepreneur and ultravagabond Timothy Ferriss is author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek. He ha...
2009 May 6
9:05AM-9:15AM
 Agility in Deployment - Rails in the Cloud - RailsConf
The ability to release early and often becomes more important as your product scales. With Engine Yard Flex, we’ll demonstrate creating ‘One Button’ deployments that scale. We’ll demonstr...
2009 May 6
9:15AM-10:15AM
 Chris Wanstrath - RailsConf Keynote
Keynote by Chris Wanstrath, GitHub. CNET => Err the Blog => GitHub Chris Wanstrath lives in San Francisco and freaking loves Ruby. He writes for Err the Blog, works at Err Free, kee...
2009 May 6
10:45AM-11:35AM
 ActiveORM: ORM Agnosticism in Rails 3.0 - RailsConf
Lori will be speaking about the implementation of ORM agnosticism in Rails called ActiveORM and how it effects developers, plugin developers, and people working on the rails framework.
2009 May 6
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Confessions of a PackRat - RailsConf
When the Facebook game PackRat was released in early 2008, it quickly took off, and now serves over 12 million page views a day. This session will highlite some of the lessons learned whi...
2009 May 6
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Rails Metal, Rack, and Sinatra - RailsConf
Rails 2.3 introduces a hot new feature: Rails Metal. Metal allows you to build Rack endpoints for selected URLs in your app. Optimize your high-frequency, low-complexity actions with Rail...
2009 May 6
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Twitter on Rails - RailsConf
Twitter’s content and APIs make it one of the best targets around for creating mashups. It’s now easier than ever to do so using TwitterAuth, a Rails gem/plugin that utilizes Twitter as a...
2009 May 6
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Using metric_fu to Make Your Rails Code Better - RailsConf
You’ve got yourself a Rails project and a bunch of developers. Some of those devs are awesome and others are… not so awesome. How can you make sure that your beautiful code doesn’t degrad...
2009 May 6
11:45AM-12:35PM
 Are You Taking Things Too Far? - RailsConf
Sometimes as developers it can be a little too easy to lose sight of the big picture sometimes, we can get carried away with following the conventional wisdom without thinking about why t...
2009 May 6
11:45AM-12:35PM
 Giving Rails the Big 'F': Surviving Facebook Integration Unscarred - RailsConf
“If you want a vision of the [Facebook], imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.”—George Orwell Sooner or later, someone will ask you to write a Facebook app. Scrabulous....
2009 May 6
11:45AM-12:35PM
 JRuby on Google App Engine - RailsConf
Google has just released an early look at Google App Engine for Java! Now JRuby developers can use the Rails or Merb frameworks to deploy applications to Google’s highly scalable infrastr...