Merb: When Flexibility and Performance Matter

Summary
Ruby became popular mainly thanks to Rails, but there is more to Ruby than Rails. Merb is the new kid on the "Ruby block" but what makes it so appealing? How does it relate to the enterprise world? Why and when should you use it? We will walk through real examples of Merb projects, benchmarks and comparisons between Merb and Rails to help you choose the right tools for your projects. 

Bio
Matt Aimonetti is a Merb Core developer and Rails contributor and keeps track of his professional experiments and experiences on his blogs http://merbist.com http://railsontherun.com .

About the conference
QCon is a conference that is organized by the community, for the community.The result is a high quality conference experience where a tremendous amount of attention and investment has gone into having the best content on the most important topics presented by the leaders in our community. QCon is designed with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers.