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 What Makes Ruby Roll?

Host: Obie Fernandez, ThoughtWorks

Ruby is talking the world by storm. Ruby has actually been around for a while, but now suddently things are starting to happen. Ruby on Rails is the driver, but what are the fundamental ideas that make Ruby roll?

Why are developers moving to the Ruby Platform? Interestingly enough it is primarily Java developers that are moving to Ruby. One reason - at least - is the combination of meta programming features and a the flexible syntax of the Ruby language, making it easy to create easy-to-use frameworks based on internal DSLs.

This track provides in-depth on the Ruby language, frameworks, and best practices for programming Ruby.

Schedule,
Wednesday
 What Makes Ruby Roll?
09:00 - 09:30 Introduction to Ruby for Java & .NET developers
Obie Fernandez
Location: Conference Hall 2
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09:30 - 09:45 Break
09:45 - 10:45 The Beauty of Ruby
Glenn Vanderburg
Location: Conference Hall 2
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10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Agile DSL Development in Ruby
Obie Fernandez
Location: Conference Hall 2
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12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Behaviour Driven Development... the step after TDD
Niclas Nilsson & Dan North
Location: Conference Hall 2
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14:00 - 14:30 Break
14:30 - 15:30 Applying Agile to Ruby (or How to Let the Inmates Run the Asylum)
Fred George
Location: Conference Hall 2
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15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:00 Keynote Panel: How Will We Be Programming In 2016?
Dave Thomas
Location: Conference Hall