Nairuby's 1st 2025 meetup: Enhancing Ruby on Rails Applications with Stimulus JS

Hey everyone,
We’re excited to bring back Ruby Thursdays meetups this year! 🎉
Our first session will be on February 20th, where we’ll geek out on Stimulus JS with our very own Nemwel Nyandoro.

Session Topic:
💡 Enhancing Ruby on Rails Applications with Stimulus JS
Event Details:
📆 Date: 20th Feb
📍 Venue: KCA University Town Campus
⏰ Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM.
#rubyconfafrica2025 #africanruby #rubythursdays

Speaker: Nemwel Nyandoro
Title: Enhancing Ruby on Rails Applications with Stimulus JS.

Hello there! I am Nemwel Boniface, a Software developer and a Ruby programming language enthusiast. I am excited to take you through Stimulus JS, a minimal yet powerful JavaScript framework that brings reactivity to server-rendered applications without the complexity of modern front-end frameworks. In this talk, I'll explore how Stimulus integrates seamlessly with Ruby on Rails, enhancing user experience while keeping your application fast and maintainable. We'll cover key concepts, compare it with other libraries such as React, and demonstrate real-world use cases. Whether you're new to Stimulus or looking to level up your Rails interactivity, this session will equip you with the knowledge to get started! Looking forward to sharing this and learning with you all!

# What is Nairuby?

Nairuby is a chapter in Nairobi under the African Ruby Community an organization that was started in 2010. The community currently has a reach of over 4000 members spread across East Africa, made of developers (Engineers), entrepreneurs, designers, and freelancers. In terms of development and demonstrations, the community focuses on ruby technologies and frameworks, which are all open source and widely used by startups to prototype and carry out proof of concept with a go-to-market strategy.

The community hosts weekly and monthly meetups in different cities in East Africa. The community brings you Ruby Conference every year with different themes to fill the gap that exists between school and industry and in return helps spur innovation and growth in contribution to the global economy.
Nairuby brings entrepreneurs, developers, Designers, and open-source contributors. Why? We believe in a holistic approach through, entrepreneurship “Solution approach” and open source we can solve so many problems. This in return empowers everyone who attends with technology “tool” and entrepreneurship “Methodology” to reach their fullest potential and inspire the rest of the world and their communities.
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Nairuby is a chapter in Nairobi under the African Ruby Community an organization that was started in 2010. The community currently has a reach of over 4000 members spread across East Africa, made of developers (Engineers), entrepreneurs, designers, and freelancers. In terms of development and demonstrations, the community focuses on ruby technologies and frameworks, which are all open source and widely used by startups to prototype and carry out proof of concept with a go-to-market strategy.
The community hosts weekly and monthly meetups in different cities in East Africa. The community brings you Ruby Conference every year with different themes to fill the gap that exists between school and industry and in return helps spur innovation and growth in contribution to the global economy.
Nairuby brings entrepreneurs, developers, Designers, and open-source contributors. Why? We believe in a holistic approach through, entrepreneurship “Solution approach” and open source we can solve so many problems. This in return empowers everyone who attends with technology “tool” and entrepreneurship “Methodology” to reach their fullest potential and inspire the rest of the world and their communities.