B'more on Rails is a community of Baltimore folks who use the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails application framework.
We meet monthly and welcome newcomers of all experience levels, whether you've never touched Ruby or have been using it for years.
http://www.bmoreonrails.org / http://twitter.com/bmoreonrails
Stop the nil check insanity! Rubyists love their terse code, so why do we insist on littering our code with nil and blank checks? What can we do to stop being so defensive and get to a point at which we are writing beautiful, confident code? Avdi will share his thoughts and insights on how we might achieve this.
About the presenter: Avdi Grimm currently weaves magical tapestries for the fine folks of devver.com. Read more
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