Track Host: Glenn Vanderburg, Relevance

Glenn Vanderburg is a consultant at Relevance focused on cutting-edge software development technologies and techniques, including Ruby, JavaScript, Ajax, and state-of-the-art development practices.

Presentation: "Introduction to Ruby"

Track: Beginning Ruby and Rails

Time: Thursday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Lillesalen

Abstract: This short introduction covers the basics of Ruby, covering the similarities and differences between Ruby and other popular languages, and highlighting the things that make Ruby special.

Presentation: "Introduction: Advanced Ruby and Rails"

Track: Advanced Ruby and Rails

Time: Friday 10:30 - 10:45

Location: Lillesalen

Abstract: Although Ruby and Rails are both easy to get started with, they are both rich tools that have a lot of power in more advanced situations. The talks in this track explore some lesser known aspects of Ruby, and especially Rails, for when you need to move beyond the basics.