Monthly Presentation Night
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Join us at our monthly gathering where we present topics of interest to Rubyists and aspiring programmers.
Doors open at 5:30pm, where you can hangout and socialize with other Boulder Ruby members. We have food and beverages available to add to the enjoyment.
At 6:30, we do announcements before getting to our presentations.
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Talk 1: Learning to Love Writing Tests by Sienna Kopf from Turing
Description: A passionate new developer's take on how testing went from feeling like a chore to being a hallmark of what it means to be an empathetic programmer.
Bio: Sienna is a professional climber/coder known for her "space-bun" hairstyle, love for leopard print, and relentlessly positive attitude. Sienna is working towards qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2024 and believes that coding is the perfect compliment to that dream. She is also a soon-to-be grad from the Turing School of Software development and looks forward to having more time to pursue RoR Passion Projects that will make an impact in the climbing community.
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Talk 2: Rails!? Still!? by PJ Hagerty from DevRelate.io
Description: Rails is amazing - from MVC to convention over configuration, Rails has helped start many businesses, launch many products, and gotten so many people into coding. But…are we missing something?
What about the alternatives? Trailblazer, Sinatra, Cuba, Volt, Lotus…even (gulp) Phoenix and Elixir?!?
This talk will take a look at when to use Rails and when it might be better to use an alternative. We will also talk about what those alternatives are and where they fit in in the Rails world.
Bio: Developer, writer, speaker, musician, and founder of DevRelate.io, PJ is known to travel the world speaking about programming and the way people think and interact. He is also known for wearing hats.
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If you would like to present at this meeting, or at upcoming events, reach out to the organizers on this meetup or ping us at @boulderruby (https://twitter.com/boulderruby) on Twitter.