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Michael Koziarski

 Michael  Koziarski Michael "Koz" Koziarski is a software consultant who specialises in Ruby on Rails, database architecture, web businesses and object oriented design. He's been a contributor to Rails since 2004 and a Rails core team member since 2005. Koz has created and maintains several open source projects.

Presentation: "What's new in Rails 2.0"

Time: Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00

Location: Auditorium 1, 1. floor

Abstract: Rails Core team member Michael Koziarski will provide an introduction to the changes introduced in the 2.0 release of Ruby on Rails. The 2.0 release added several new features, removed deprecated code and improved performance of some common slow areas. This talk will cover common pitfalls when upgrading your application, how to get the most out of the performance improvements, and the time-saving enhancements you can use in your application.

Presentation: "The Rails Way"

Time: Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

Location: Auditorium 3, 2. floor

Abstract: There are plenty of tutorials on how you can build an application in rails, but the advice is often contradictory. Rails Core team member Michael Koziarski will provide a session on best practise for rails applications. Working through examples we'll cover several anti-patterns, show alternative designs and explain how you would choose between them.