Announcement
LA Ruby Conference 2009
This is the inaugural year for LA Ruby Conference. Come and join us to learn more about ruby and related technologies and practices that might interest you.
April 4, 2009
Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, CA
Schedule
The schedule for the conference is:
| Time | Presentation / Activity | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Introduction | JR Fent, Coby Randquist |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | Waves | Dan Yoder |
| 9:40 - 9:45 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Journey through a pointy forest: The state of XML parsing in Ruby | Aaron Patterson |
| 10:15 - 10:20 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Sequel | Jeremy Evans |
| 10:50 - 11:05 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 11:05 - 11:35 | Herding Tigers - Software Development and the Art of War | Danny Blitz |
| 11:35 - 11:40 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | Working Effectively with Legacy Rails Code | Pat Madox |
| 12:10 - 12:15 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Scaling "most popular" lists: a plugin solution | Wolfram Arnold |
| 12:45 - 1:40 | Lunch | |
| 1:40 - 2:10 | Sinatra: The ultimate rack citizen | Blake Mizerany |
| 2:15 - 2:45 | Pool Party | Ari Lerner, Michael Fairchild |
| 2:45 - 2:50 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 2:50 - 3:20 | Managing Ruby on Rails for High Performance | Lewis Cirne |
| 3:20 - 3:25 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 3:25 - 3:55 | Flying Robot: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Ruby and Arduino | Damen Evans, Ron Evans |
| 3:55 - 4:10 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 4:10 - 4:40 | Johnson | John Barnette |
| 4:40 - 4:45 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 04:45 - 5:15 | Fast and Saclable Front/Back-end Services using Ruby, Rails and XMPP | Pradeep Elankumaran |
| 5:15 - 5:20 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 5:20 - 5:50 | Mobilize your Rails Application | Brendan Lim |
| 5:50 - 6:05 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 6:05 - 6:35 | Rhodes Framework for Mobile Client Development | Adam Blum |
| 6:35 - 6:40 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 6:40 - 7:25 | Keynote | Jim Weirich |
| 7:25 - 7:30 | Conference Wrap-Up | JR Fent |




