Node.js for Rubyists + Desktop Programming with Ruby

We are open for suggestions and speakers for the next meetups. contact roy at osherove dot com .

WHERE:

there are two entrances to Shenkar. Use the secondary exit to the Pernick building on 12 Anna Frank street, Ramat Gan. From there go up the stairs. Room 300 should be located left of the stairs to the end of the hall on the 2nd floor.

17:45 arrival and networking..

18:00-19:00: Node.js for Ruby developers

• introducing for node.js - what is about? why all the hipe?
• node.js MVC - taking the ruby's way to node.js
• real time examples Speaker: Sagiv Ofek ( https://www.facebook.com/YabaDabaD00 )

Sagiv Ofek - Senior Code Ninja. Working here and there (mostly there). Playing with all the cutting edge technologies for fun. Willing to code for a good beer.

19:00 - 19:15 - BREAK

19:15: Back To The Desktop

How easy it is to write a desktop application in Ruby ? Extremely easy. In this talk we'll explore Qt - A cross platform GUI framework and the power behind KDE, vlc, Skype and many others. Within just 40 minutes we'll cover the key concepts of Qt, write a simple user interface and connect it to our ruby code using QtRuby.
The Speaker: Ynon Perek
A unix hacker and certified Qt developer with 10 years coding history in perl, ruby, C++, Objective C, Java and JavaScript writing both Desktop and Mobile applications. Today I work as a freelance developer and trainer. Please visit my website http://ynonperek.com (http://ynonperek.com/)for more information about the classes I teach.