http://austinonrails.org/articles/2007/08/08/intro-to-ruby-and-rails-workshop-september-6-2007 en-us 40 Austin's official Ruby on Rails User Group We are having an introductory Ruby and Rails workshop the night before the Lone Star Ruby Conference. Admission to the workshop is for you to <a href="http://www.changingthepresent.org/registries/show/412">make a donation</a> to one or more of the charities we are supporting: <ul> <li><b>Habitat for Humanity</b></li> <li><b>Lance Armstrong Foundation</b></li> <li><b>Muscular Dystrophy Association</b></li> <li><b>Capital Area Food Bank</b></li> <li><b>Ruby Central</b></li> </ul> We've already raised over $800 in the first week, which is wonderful, but we are far from our goal of $2500. We would <i>greatly appreciate</i> your support with these endeavors. The speaker list for the evening workshop (9/6, 6-10PM) is as follows: <ul> <li><b>hal fulton</b> - ruby overview</li> <li><b>james edward gray ii</b> - blocks</li> <li><b>bret pettichord</b> - testing in ruby <li><b>marcel molina, jr</b> - why i <3 ruby <li><b>bruce tate</b> - rails overview <li><b>bruce williams</b> - taming your views <li><b>rick olson</b> - active record for the masses <li><b>robert rasmussen</b> - 30 minutes rails live demo</li> </ul> We can't wait to get everyone together for this event. <p/><p/> Please join us! Thank you. <p/><p/> <strong>NOTE: Lone Star Ruby Conference pricing goes up after August 10th to $300. You can save $100 by registering this week!</strong> Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:00:00 -0700 urn:uuid:83492fd8-8b6e-48e5-ad46-f440dcb79352 Damon Clinkscales http://austinonrails.org/articles/2007/08/08/intro-to-ruby-and-rails-workshop-september-6-2007 Ruby Rails ruby rails workshop charity lonestar