Intro to Ruby
- May 3, 2012 · 6:00 PM
The long waiting lists for Railsbridge workshops inspired me to put together an intro to Ruby session for folks who couldn't go to Railsbridge. We'll have pizza at 6 and get coding by 6:30. Bring a laptop with Ruby 1.9.3 and RSpec installed.
Don't have Ruby? On Mac/Linux, follow these steps: rvm.io/rvm/install/. On Windows, follow these: railsinstaller.org. Afterwards, you should be able to open Terminal (Mac) or a command prompt (Windows), type irb into your shell, and get a prompt that looks like 1.9.3p125 :001 >. (Type exit to exit it.) Then, back in your shell, type gem install rspec - RSpec is the testing framework we'll be using.
If you don't eat dairy, let me know and I'll get a vegan pizza. If you don't eat wheat, let me know and I'll give you the cheese that would have gone on the vegan pizza.
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Naomi
Great explanation of what test-driven development is, and even better demonstration of how to do it.
May 4, 2012
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Doug May
This was a great intro, although hardly a railsbridge make-up. Great to get thrown straight into paired coding and test-first dev. Very glad I went. Very newb-friendly.
May 4, 2012
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Doug May
got through railsinstaller and passed the irb test, but then error:
C:\Sites>gem install rspec
ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'rspec' (>= 0) in any repository
ERROR: Possible alternatives: rspec(I'm now at the event site)
May 3, 2012
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David Dai
If I am on the waiting list, can I still attend? I am really want to learn Ruby
May 3, 2012
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Carl Tanner
Roy Yu, SV Ruby on Rails is a good group. There's also SV Ruby http://www.meetup.com/silicon-v...
May 3, 2012
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Michael Kaiser-Nyman
Hi Linda! You're most welcome :) I will definitely do this again - hopefully before a month passes. Can't wait to meet you.
May 2, 2012
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Linda Shum
Will you do this event again next month? I can't go this Thursday but am very interested in attending next time!
May 2, 2012
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Robert Fletcher
Hey Mary, what about this makes you think it is a promotional event? We're hosting a free intro to Ruby class. That's it. It's no different than any other company hosting free events.
May 1, 2012
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MJ
There is another RailsBridge event on May 12 and all the RB events are free. This seems more like a promotional event for your Dev BootCamp and that should be made clear.
May 1, 2012
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Michael Kaiser-Nyman
Hi Mary. Sorry for any confusion (I've changed the name). I volunteered as a teacher at the past two Railsbridges (and several before that - Railsbridge was one of the inspirations for Dev Bootcamp, actually!), but at the last one, there were more teachers than students, so I didn't get to teach. I was bummed that so many students had been waitlisted who could have come, and that I didn't get to teach, so I put this meetup together. Hope that clarifies things.
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MJ
I think it should be clarified that this is not a Railsbridge event, but it is an promotional intro to your bootcamp. Is that correct?
May 1, 2012
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Michael Kaiser-Nyman
I'm going to do a practice run with 4 students on Wednesday night. If Wednesday works better for you or if you're on the waiting list, sign up here: http://www.sfruby.info/events/6...
April 30, 2012
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Craig A. Cook
Is there a corresponding event for those who would be willing to come to the event to mentor? I only see the one for learners, and not one for tutors/TAs/mentors.
April 29, 2012
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A former member
Vegan here :)
April 29, 2012
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Michael Kaiser-Nyman
Event Host
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MJ
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