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Join Us on December 6th
The Atlanta Ruby Users Group is proud to present Merb Day, a single-track conference geared towards Ruby and Rails developers who’d like to dive into Merb, a hacker’s framework. Atlanta’s first Ruby conference, Merb Day is an opportunity to exhibit Ruby’s strengths to the city’s growing technology economy.
With Merb 1.0 just around the corner, and the Merb community still young, Merb Day is the single best investment you can make to advance your career as a Ruby developer.
Hands-On Tutorial + Horizon-Expanding Talks
Merb Day Atlanta features Merb core developers and co-authors of the upcoming book Merb in Action, Michael Ivey and Yehuda Katz.
The day will be divided into two complementary parts:
1. Morning interactive tutorial – Spend the entire morning learning the ins and outs of Merb, led by Michael Ivey and Atlanta Merbivore Matt Todd. Building a Merb app from scratch, Michael and Matt will take you on a hacker’s tour of the API and codebase while teaching you how to get the most out of Merb.
2. Afternoon talks – The afternoon will feature four talks from experienced Merb developers, with a focus on cutting-edge technologies and practices. Topics covered include the Merb router, Merb Slices, CouchDB, and HAML. At the end of each talk, you’ll be given a homework assignment that builds on the Merb app from the morning session. Merb core developer Yehuda Katz will give the day’s closing keynote.
Attendee Perks
All attendees of Merb Day Atlanta will be receiving a free copy of the Merb in Action ebook, retailing for $27.50, currently in Early Access.
The official Merb Day t-shirts will be ultra-comfortable, high-quality American Apparel. Also, attendees will have a chance to win vouchers for EnvyCasts and Peepcode Screencasts, as well as a few copies of the book jQuery in Action, co-authored by Merb Day keynote speaker Yehuda Katz.
