We’re pleased to announce a very special RailsBridge workshop at
JRubyConf! For those who don’t know, a RailsBridge workshop is a free, two-day
outreach event targeted at women who want to learn to program. We’re also
delighted to welcome Sarah Allen to Minneapolis to lead the workshop. We
will be taking you through every step in the process of deploying a Ruby on
Rails application. Men are invited as guests of women attending. We are also
looking for volunteers with programming experience!
Register now for the workshop, it’s free!
This program was started about three years ago by Sarah Allen and
Sarah Mei, as part of a greater mission to create more female Ruby
developers in San Francisco (and beyond). To find out more about
RailsBridge workshops, visit workshops.railsbridge.org.
Did we mention that the cost of the workshop is free? Go get registered!
RailsBridge @ JRubyConf
- Registration is FREE!
- When: Sunday - Monday, May 20 - 21
- Installfest: Sunday May 20, 2 pm - 5 pm
- Workshop: Monday May 21, 9 am - 4 pm
- Location: Guthrie Theater 8th floor classrooms, Downtown Minneapolis
On Installfest day, students will only need to stay long enough to
work their way through the installation instructions (typically 1 - 2
hours).
Thirsty after all that learning? Don’t forget to come to our
conference party on Tuesday night! It’ll be at Coco Minneapolis in the
historic Grain Exchange building (400 S. 4th St., 4th Floor).
Did you ever want to make a video game, program a robot, or create a
web site? Now you can!
Come to KidsCodeCamp, a free one-day event to learn how to use
computers and technology to make things that do whatever you want, and
we’re so happy that Ron Evans is
teaching it at JRubyConf this year.
Register now for KidsCodeCamp!
Here is how it works:
- Local volunteers will run classes intended for a particular age
group (elementary, middle, or high-school age kids). Each class is
from 1 to 2 hours long.
- Kids and volunteers register for free, just so everyone knows how
many people will be coming.
- Everyone has fun on the day of KidsCodeCamp!
YOU MUST BRING A PORTABLE COMPUTER TO ATTEND! Does not matter which
kind, PC or MAC… SORRY NO iPADS/iPODS.
(Don’t have a portable computer but still want to attend? Contact
us and we’ll see what we can do for you. We are working on
obtaining a small supply of computers to have available for kids who
can’t bring a computer.)
Each kid will receive a free USB drive with Open Source* software to
use at KidsCodeCamp. Afterwards, they can be used at home, school, or
wherever.
KidsCodeCamp @ JRubyConf
- When: Sunday May 20, 9am - 4pm
- Morning session: 9 am - 12 pm
- Afternoon session: 1 pm - 4 pm
- Location: Guthrie Theater 8th floor classrooms, Downtown Minneapolis
- Kids: 4th grade and up, familiarity with computer and keyboard and some
basic typing skills.
- Volunteers: Adults with programming experience needed too! Ideally 1
volunteer for 2-3 kids.
- Register: kidscodecampmn.eventbrite.com
*Open Source means that the actual programing code used to make the
software is available for anyone to look at and modify themselves.
How cool is that!
We’re very pleased to announce that the JRubyConf call for papers is
officially open. While we’re certainly looking for great
stories about how you’re winning using JRuby, we also won’t mind a
couple of proposals that fall outside the JRuby-sphere. If you feel
passionate and want to speak about a project or topic that you think
suits the mix of people that will be at JRubyConf, let us hear about
it! We’re looking forward to a great event and can’t wait to see your
proposals.
We’ll leave the call for proposals open until March 31 at Midnight
US Central Daylight Time.
If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, go ahead and get
registered. If we accept your proposal and you already
bought a ticket, let us know and we’ll refund the ticket
right away.
What’s that you say? Unusual that a tech conference in the Upper
Midwest of the U.S. would be sponsored by a whisky distillery in
Scotland? We wholeheartedy agree!
Bruichladdich hail themselves as Progressive Hebridean Distillers.
Looking a little deeper, Minnesota is a progressive state, and JRuby is a
progressive piece of technology. So we think we’re actually a great
match for each other. When award-winning whisky meets great tech, we all win!
This marks the third annual whisky tasting event at
JRubyConf, and we’re fortunate to have Craig Johnstone (aka
@WhiskyCraig) join us once again. Craig’s natural storytelling
prowess will entertain even those of you who are not (yet!) whisky
fans.
And how about that name—Bru-huh? Bruichladdich, one of the
fifty most unpronounceable names in Scotland, can be spoken
for now as simply “Brook-Laddie”. Rest assured that you’ll get a crash
course in proper Scottish pronunciation during the tasting.
We’re overjoyed to welcome Bruichladdich as a sponsor of JRubyConf
2012, and we hope you’ll join in our enthusiasm by reserving your place
at this years’ whisky tasting!
Welcome to the official site of the 2012 JRuby Conference! We’ll be
using this platform as a way to keep you up to date with conference
developments and details as they unfold. This will be the fourth
annual JRubyConf and definitely the biggest and best yet! Join us in
talking about and celebrating the union of the Java and Ruby
communities. Follow this blog to find out more about sponsorships,
speakers, after-events and a soon-to-follow call-for-proposals. Also
stay tuned for more information about Workshop Day (Monday the 21st)
and the conference schedule (Tuesday & Wednesday the 22nd
& 23rd).
This year’s JRubyConf will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home
to some of JRuby’s main contributors and biggest cheerleaders, at the
Guthrie Theater on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.
Want to support our cause? We’re currently looking for sponsors for
everything from snacks to after-parties, so check out our prospectus
for more information, or email us at jrubyconf@engineyard.com if you have
other cool ideas. We’d love to see your participation.
Want to join us? Buy your tickets now. Can’t wait to see
you all there!
