DCRUG: CSS and Dave Bock

Our meetings are open to all experience levels, from total novices to expert Rubyists.

Current agenda:

Doug March - PostCSS and CSS-Modules

An overview of some new(ish) tools and techniques in the world of Cascading Style Sheets. The good, the bad, and what very well could be the future.

These tools look to help eliminate the time it takes to write quality CSS (http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7mLGeB7aN4k/U97lgtHmyHI/AAAAAAAAAnU/TWKSHFpCYyk/css-sucks-working-with-css_thumb%25255B2%25255D.gif?imgmax=800). While at the same time, removing that terrible feeling when refactoring it (http://img.pandawhale.com/58061-wwwfunnypictureblogcom-VzH9.gif). This all means, more time for fun & profit!!!

Dave Bock - Things Computer Scientists Know: Generating ‘Random’ Numbers

Generating random numbers on the computer is easy, right? Every language has some version of a rand(n) function…
Not so fast… How does a computer, which reliably and repeatedly executes the same code over and over generate ‘random’ numbers? And why do I keep putting ‘random’ in quotes?
I’m going to talk about true randomness, why it (almost) doesn’t exist in computing, and why your computer can’t properly shuffle a deck of cards.

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We now meet at Optoro's Metro Center location at 1001 G St NW, 12th floor

Please note our Code of Conduct: https://github.com/joshsz/organization_documents/blob/master/dcrug/CodeOfConduct.md

We always need presenters, so if you have a topic or project on which you'd like to do a 30-minute presentation on anything Ruby-related, Rails-related or possibly of interest to Ruby developers, please contact our organizers info@dcrug.org and we'll schedule you to speak. If you have presented before, you are welcome to give a presentation on a new topic. This is a great chance for some of you guys and gals lingering in the back of the room to share some of the cool things you are working on. Don't be shy -- you're among fellow geeks. :)

As always, we'll have an ample supply of free pizza and soda for all attendees, so don't worry about eating dinner beforehand.

And we'll be heading to a nearby bar after the meeting, to unwind and socialize with fellow techies.