Ruby on Rails: Automating with Chef, Capistrano, Git, Puppet & SVN #rormeetup

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Corporate Sponsors : Rapleaf (San Francisco) and Mixbook (San Jose)

Topic : Automating Ruby-on-Rails Deployments using Chef, Capistrano, Git, Puppet & SVN

RapLeaf Presentations

Bryan Duxbury RapLeaf's analysis team lead will talk about Rapleaf's new open source key-value store named "Hank". Hank is a Batch-Updateable Read-Only Key/Value Distributed Database. He will go over how it differs from other distributed database options, how Rapleaf uses it, and briefly touch on the architecture of the system.

(github link: https://github.com/bryanduxbury/hank )

Liberty Young of Ops at RapLeaf will present how Rapleaf utilizes its deploy system based on Capistrano, SVN, and Puppet. He will discuss the pros and cons of each system and answer any questions from the audience.

Mixbook Presentations

Aryk Grosz is MixBook's Co-Founder and CTO who will make a presentation on how Mixbook automates and uses Ruby on Rails deployments using Chef and GIT.

Sahil Cooner is Senior DevOps at Mixbook and will focus his presentation on the actual application deployment and demonstrate a deployment using RoR, Chef, and GIT.

Fukuoka Center for Overseas Commerce in America

Makoto Abe will be discussing the upcoming Ruby on Rails competition sponsored by FCOCA. Makoto heads a consulting firm (Japan Business Solutions) in San Jose, California, where he helps U.S. and Japanese companies conduct business with each other through technological alliances and other forms of partnerships. He also serves as Business Advisor for the Government of Fukuoka, Japan. Additionally, Makoto Abe is General Manager of InfoTech Associates, and is Japan Business Advisor / North American ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Advisor for the San Francisco office of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), which is a division of Japan's METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). Makoto received his graduate degree from the University of Maryland, and MBA from Tulane University.

About Our Corporate Sponsors

RapLeaf

Rapleaf is a San Francisco-based startup with an ambitious vision: we want every person to have a meaningful, personalized experience – whether online or offline. We want you to see the right content at the right time, every time. We want you to get better, more personalized service. To achieve this, we help Fortune 2000 companies gain insight into their customers, engage them more meaningfully, and deliver the right message at the right time. We also help consumers understand their online footprint.

https://www.rapleaf.com/

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Mixbook

Mixbook is the easy and fun way to make completely customizable photo books, cards, and calendars on the web – for free. With Mixbook, you aren’t limited to static pre-designed templates – our powerful design software gives you the freedom to lay out and design your creations to your heart’s content. We’ve dedicated ourselves to bringing you the best experience in creating photo products so that you can make keepsakes that truly reflect your vision. With Mixbook, you can truly Make It Yours™.

http://www.mixbook.com/

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Fukuoka Center for Overseas Commerce in America

Fukuoka Center for Overseas Commerce in America (FCOCA) provides free expansion and relocation assistance and partner matching services to companies throughout North America interested in taking advantage of the market opportunities in Western Japan. FCOCA is a division of the Government of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and our services are completely FREE. We can arrange partnerships, help you initiate business transactions, and introduce your products or services to Fukuoka-based companies. We can also assist you with locating the suitable office space, personnel, and professional services needed to expand your business in Western Japan. Financial incentives are also available to qualifying companies.

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Become Noticed

Become Noticed is a San Francisco SEO (http://www.becomenoticed.com) Company that focuses on best practices and engaging the latest Web technologies to build strong Web strategies for clients. State of the art design, HTML5 technologies, social media engagement and application development help Become Noticed stand out as an all around Web strategy company for San Francisco and beyond. Become Noticed, Inc. sponsors the Bay Area Software Engineers (BASE) group with financial and promotional support.

http://www.becomenoticed.com