November Meeting

The meeting will start at 6pm with the return of the beginner's track. Jeffrey Matthias (https://twitter.com/idlehands) will present on the Law of Demeter.

We will have networking from 630pm to 7ish.

Jeff Casimir (https://twitter.com/j3) will present a talk titled "Why Developers Quit, or How to Be Fu*^%&# Awesome". Details:

How do you build a career? Everyone has heard the idea that you want to be the "worst member of the band." You'll learn from those around you, right? There's a lot more to becoming a great developer than just typing nearby one. Let's talk about strategies to build great teams and lives.

Tee Parham (https://twitter.com/teeparham) will present a talk on Rails extension that the built at Neighborland.

Description:

Key-based fragment caching in Rails (Russian Doll caching) is a great way to improve server-side response times. The cache_rocket gem provides a few simple techniques to make html rendering even faster and more efficient. The talk will discuss usage, performance, and trade-offs of key-based caching techniques.

If you are coming, please RSVP for the meeting so we can have enough pizza/drinks on hand, provided by Pivotal Labs (http://pivotallabs.com/).