Design Patterns in Ruby

Event Timeline:

• Doors open at 6:00pm.
• Web Hosting Canada (7250 Clark St Bureau 301, Montreal, Quebec H2R 2Y3) is generously sponsoring the event by hosting it and providing free pizza!
• Talk starts at 7:00pm.
• Networking time starts at 8:00pm at nearby Brasserie Harricana / Restaurant & Boutique (95 Rue Jean-Talon O, Montréal, QC H2R 2Y5).

Design Patterns in Ruby [1h] - Andy Maleh - Senior Software Engineer - Eltropy Canada (formerly Lexop)

Design Patterns have gained a lot of popularity for helping programmers achieve polymorphic object oriented code in object oriented programming languages like Java and C++. Ruby supports duck-typing and meta-programming, which simplify how Gang of Four Design Patterns are applied. Design Patterns offer great value in Ruby as problem-solving tools that yield better object oriented code with higher cohesion and cleaner separation of concerns.

Attendees should walk away from this talk with a good overview of Design Patterns as well as examples of applications in Ruby and corresponding implementations. This will help them get a head start on sharpening their skill in applying Design Patterns in Ruby, recognizing when they can benefit from them in day-to-day work to improve code structure and maintainability.

Speaker Bio:

Andy Maleh won an award at the Fukuoka Prefecture Future IT Initiative 2025 competition for Glimmer DSL for Web (Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework) and an award at the Fukuoka Ruby 2022 competition for Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) after presenting them to Matz, the creator of Ruby. He works at Eltropy Canada (formerly Lexop) as a Senior Software Engineer. Andy has spoken at various Software Conferences, including RubyConf, RailsConf, MountainWest RubyConf, and MagicRuby. He has a Master's degree in Software Engineering from DePaul University, Chicago, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from McGill University, Montreal. In his free time, Andy drums in a rock band, curls/plays softball in a league, and snowboards. He is also a big sports fan of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, Montreal Alliance, and Boston Red Sox.

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