Ann Arbor Java Users Group

Ann Arbor Java Users Group Meeting

Speaker: Joe OBrien

Topic: Why Ruby? An Introduction to JRuby

We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, etc. as well as a raffle for a free license of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Version 7.0.

Also, we plan on serving Pizza and Soft Drinks, so if you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com

Meeting Location:

Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE 260

Presentation Summary

Why Ruby? An introduction to JRuby

You’ve probably heard of the JRuby initiative to bring Ruby to the JVM. This open source project was started several years ago and has gained momentum ever since Sun hired two of the lead developers on the project. Now that it is fully production ready you might be asking yourself several key questions.

• What does Ruby give me?
• How do I run it?
• What can I do with it?

I will walk through an introduction to JRuby while answering these questions, as well as dispelling several of the myths that are out there about it.

Presenter BIO:

Joe is a father, speaker, author and developer. Before helping found EdgeCase, LLC, Joe was a developer with ThoughtWorks and spent much of his time working with large J2EE and .NET systems for Fortune 500 companies. He has spent his career as a developer, project manager, and everything in between. Joe is a passionate member of the open source community. He co-founded the Columbus Ruby Brigade and helped organize the Chicago Area Ruby Users Group. His passions are Agile Development in the Enterprise, Ruby, and demonstrating to the Fortune 500 the elegance and power of this incredible language.

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