GatorJUG - Gainesville Java User Group

Description:
Ruby language overview
Intro to Ruby
Why use Ruby?
JRuby - What is it?
Why Ruby was brought to Java
What is Ruby on Rails?
Why JRuby on Rails?
Demo - building a dead simple JRuby on Rails app
Resources
Q/A
We'll meet at Santa Fe Community College, room S326 from 6:00 to about 8:00.
There will be a special raffle for one admission worth $750 to the Central Florida Software Symposium. We'll also raffle off one Idea license worth $250!
Robert Dempsey is project director of Atlantic Dominion Solutions, a Ruby on Rails development firm in Orlando, Florida, and founder of Rails For All, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Ruby on Rails to the business and developer communities. Robert has experience developing in PHP, VB.NET and Ruby on Rails, which he now uses almost exclusively.
Please feel free to invite a friend - anyone you think might be interested in a fascinating eve focused on high tech. Please rsvp to rsvp at gatorjug dot org

Location:
Santa Fe Community College room S326

Map Link:
http://admin.sfcc.edu/%7Einformation/maps/nwcampus.htm