Videos tagged with RailsConf 2009

Twitter’s content and APIs make it one of the best targets around for creating mashups. It’s now easier than ever to do so using TwitterAuth, a Rails gem/plugin that utilizes Twitter as a Single Sign-on provider (SSO). Material will include: Generating a TwitterAuth application using Rails templates Navigating the Twitter API Harnessing the power of Twitter Search Watching an e...

This talk walks through how we developed TweetCongress.org including Finding APIs and free data sources online Building a Twitter mashup using the Twitter API and Twitter Search API Spreading the word Twitter Facebook Meetups Media Recruiting volunteers Takeaways WYNN NETHERLAND Squeejee Wynn loves the creative side of building software, from brainstorming with clients to designi...

One of the hottest new features in Rails 3 is the ability to embed a Rails application in another Rails application. This allows the development of components that range from user authentication to a fully featured forum. These components can then be distributed as gems and fully integrated with another application. In fact, user private messaging could be a stand alone app, which is then mount...

Q&A with the core developers of Rails. Your questions; their answers. DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON 37signals David Heinemeier Hansson is a programmer and evangelist of Less Software. He’s the creator of applications like Instiki, Basecamp, and Ta-da, and works with the open source community and design extraordinaires 37signals. Since its release in late July 2004, he’s also been lea...

Keynote by Bob Martin, Object Mentor, Inc. ROBERT MARTIN Object Mentor Inc. Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., in Gurnee, Illinois. Object Mentor, Inc., is an international firm of highly experienced software developers and managers who specialize in helping companies get their projects done. Object Mentor...

Chris Wanstrath (GitHub) "How to become a famous Rails Developer, Ruby Rockstar or Code Ninja" Created by RailsConf CHRIS WANSTRATH GitHub CNET => Err the Blog => GitHub Chris Wanstrath lives in San Francisco and freaking loves Ruby. He writes for Err the Blog, works at Err Free, keeps in touch using FamSpam, and uses GitHub for everything else.  

The ability to release early and often becomes more important as your product scales. With Engine Yard Flex, we’ll demonstrate creating ‘One Button’ deployments that scale. We’ll demonstrate building a high-volume Rails cluster and show how easy it is to create a ‘Clone of Production’ to test at scale. JON CROSBY Engine Yard Jon Crosby is a San Francisco...

Rich Kilmer (Ruby Central, Inc.) "Announcements" Created by RailsConf

Keynote by Tim Ferriss, author of the Four Hour Work-Week. TIMOTHY FERRISS The 4-hour Workweek Serial entrepreneur and ultravagabond Timothy Ferriss is author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek. He has been featured by dozens of media, including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, National Geographic Traveler, CNN, CBS,...

"Ruby Heroes Award Ceremony" Created by RailsConf