From minter at lunenburg.org Mon Aug 6 02:00:34 2012 From: minter at lunenburg.org (H. Wade Minter) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 22:00:34 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Rails and iOS developer positions available Message-ID: Hi fellow Raleigh.rb'ers, My company, TeamSnap, is looking to hire a Rails developer and an iOS developer. We already have two developers located in the Triangle area, and certainly wouldn't mind one or two more. We're a fast-growing startup working in the recreational sports management space. So for players, parents, and coaches in youth and adult sports, we provide web and mobile tools to make their lives easier by organizing and communicating with their teams. The size of the market is huge (just drive by a soccer field one Saturday). We have over 70,000 teams around the world, more than a half-million users, and over a million player objects, and our rate of growth is increasing every month. The company is based in Boulder, CO, but almost all of us work from our homes. Check out the job descriptions at http://www.teamsnap.com/jobs.php and, if you or someone you know fits the bill and would be interested, feel free to drop a line my way. --Wade From kandrews at hirenetworks.com Mon Aug 6 02:08:55 2012 From: kandrews at hirenetworks.com (kandrews at hirenetworks.com) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 22:08:55 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Out of Office Message-ID: <771d1985607f4fefbd44096366cef9ff@ab0ad97118584564a835ee1c5394283b> I am out of the office until Monday, August 6. Feel free to contact Carolyn Goldin, cgoldin at hirenetworks.com, if you need anything in my absence. Thank you, Kendra Andrews Director of Recruiting HireNetworks 919-981-6200 x313 kandrews at hirenetworks.com www.hirenetworks.com From donald.ball at gmail.com Mon Aug 6 16:16:38 2012 From: donald.ball at gmail.com (Donald Ball) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:16:38 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Co-working spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1341518490.1306.YahooMailClassic@web111009.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: A couple people had asked me to let the group know what we ended up doing. I failed to do so in a timely fashion, but late is better than never. I was finally able to get up with the Bull City Coworking folks, and we rented their small conference room for a couple of days. They have a nice space with a great location in downtown Durham, far more interesting than an equivalent space in a hotel near the airport, which was our fallback option. One caveat: the small conference room got a bit stuffy after a few hours; I'd recommend springing for the large conference room if your budget permits. -- donald -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This position is in my unit and would be working closely with me, so please let me know if you have any questions. For full vacancy announcement, official requirements, and to apply see: http://go.ncsu.edu/m8fz8x Jason [1] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/departments/digital-library-initiatives [2] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects -- Jason Ronallo Associate Head, Digital Library Initiatives North Carolina State University Libraries From Brandon at keysetts.com Wed Aug 8 17:04:50 2012 From: Brandon at keysetts.com (Brandon Mathis) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:04:50 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Hiring: Digital Collections Developer (NC State University Libraries) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5D345D34-D99B-480F-AF88-668A404A8925@keysetts.com> I'll pass this on to a few friends. Is this entry-level or are you guys looking for someone with professional experience? --- Brandon Mathis Keyset Technical Solutions Founder / Software Developer Business: 919-809-7547 Skype: BeMathis87 brandonmathis.me On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Jason Ronallo wrote: > Hi, > > We're hiring for a developer in the digital collections unit of the > Digital Library Initiatives department in NC State University > Libraries [1]. This unit makes rare and unique digital resources > available to the world and preserves them for the future. DLI is a > great department to work for as we're always looking to experiment > with new technologies [2]. > > It'd be great to get a fellow Rubyist in this position. Most of the > work I do is in Ruby and Rails. Note that this position would also be > responsible for providing maintenance, along with another developer, > for a PHP application. It may be possible to come in with experience > in one scripting language (even Python) and pick up the others. > > This position is in my unit and would be working closely with me, so > please let me know if you have any questions. > > For full vacancy announcement, official requirements, and to apply see: > http://go.ncsu.edu/m8fz8x > > Jason > > [1] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/departments/digital-library-initiatives > [2] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects > > -- > Jason Ronallo > Associate Head, Digital Library Initiatives > North Carolina State University Libraries > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jronallo at gmail.com Wed Aug 8 18:01:30 2012 From: jronallo at gmail.com (Jason Ronallo) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:01:30 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Hiring: Digital Collections Developer (NC State University Libraries) In-Reply-To: <5D345D34-D99B-480F-AF88-668A404A8925@keysetts.com> References: <5D345D34-D99B-480F-AF88-668A404A8925@keysetts.com> Message-ID: Brandon, This could be an entry-level job. It really depends on who we attract to apply. I have to go by the official requirements of the job. If someone meets the requirements and is eager to build their skills, then they have a shot at it. The other developer in my group has been an effective mentor in the past, and I'll also be working closely with the person. I think this is a good opportunity to get some professional experience working on some interesting problems. Happy to answer any other questions. Here's the link again to apply: http://go.ncsu.edu/m8fz8x Thanks, Jason On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Brandon Mathis wrote: > I'll pass this on to a few friends. Is this entry-level or are you guys > looking for someone with professional experience? > --- > Brandon Mathis > Keyset Technical Solutions > Founder / Software Developer > Business: 919-809-7547 > Skype: BeMathis87 > brandonmathis.me > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Jason Ronallo wrote: > > Hi, > > We're hiring for a developer in the digital collections unit of the > Digital Library Initiatives department in NC State University > Libraries [1]. This unit makes rare and unique digital resources > available to the world and preserves them for the future. DLI is a > great department to work for as we're always looking to experiment > with new technologies [2]. > > It'd be great to get a fellow Rubyist in this position. Most of the > work I do is in Ruby and Rails. Note that this position would also be > responsible for providing maintenance, along with another developer, > for a PHP application. It may be possible to come in with experience > in one scripting language (even Python) and pick up the others. > > This position is in my unit and would be working closely with me, so > please let me know if you have any questions. > > For full vacancy announcement, official requirements, and to apply see: > http://go.ncsu.edu/m8fz8x > > Jason > > [1] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/departments/digital-library-initiatives > [2] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects > > -- > Jason Ronallo > Associate Head, Digital Library Initiatives > North Carolina State University Libraries > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jeremymcanally at gmail.com Wed Aug 8 23:14:41 2012 From: jeremymcanally at gmail.com (Jeremy McAnally) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 19:14:41 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ruby Hoedown 2012 -- The FREE Ruby conference in Nashville, TN -- CFP and registration now open! Message-ID: Hello everyone! Ruby Hoedown 2012 (presented by GitHub) will be happening on September 21 and 22, 2012 in Nashville, TN at the Scarritt-Bennett Center (the same beautiful venue as last year). Our registration is open now (available at http://rubyhoedown.com) and our CFP is open for just a little longer at our website (closes next Monday!). This is our sixth year running, and we're really excited to head back to Nashville again this year. If you've come in the last few years, you know the conference is chock full of excellent tech talks, fantastic music, and great parties and hangouts (honky tonks, anyone?). Best of all, entrance to the conference is FREE (as in, $0, zilch, nada, etc.). Of course, you're welcome to snag a pay-what-you-want-ticket or a t-shirt, but if you just want to come hang out and watch great talks, then it's totally free. If you have any questions, pop over to the very simple website at http://rubyhoedown.com (it might be there in the limited info); otherwise, feel free to ping me off-list. I'll be happy to answer anything (including sponsorship inquiries!). Thanks! Jeremy and the Hoedown team -- http://jeremymcanally.com/ Positivity every morning: http://goodmorninginterwebs.com Bowties, ties, and more: http://wickhamhousebrand.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caleb at fabrikagency.com Thu Aug 9 14:50:47 2012 From: caleb at fabrikagency.com (Caleb Wright) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 10:50:47 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Fabrik is looking for a Rails developer for a quick turnaround, high profile project Message-ID: Fabrik, a creative agency, is looking for an experienced self-driven Ruby on Rails developer for a contract position beginning on 8/13. The developer must be familiar with Rails 3.2, rspec/testunit and have built at least 2 rails apps. This project is for a high profile client and needs to have a high level of detail. Previous experience working with facebook, twitter and e-commerce is required. Familiarity with Sass and Coffeescript is a bonus. This project will last at least two weeks (30hrs/wk) and may extend further depending on the need. Send your resume, samples, hourly rate and GitHub profile to caleb at fabrikagency.com About Fabrik: At Fabrik, outstanding people and great ideas have been at the heart of who we are and what we do. We are constantly being told by our clients that they see us as one of their most important business assets - as advisor, strategist, creator and designer. Fabrik is heavily involved in client relationships, created over a long period of time. We gather insights through our Incubator process, which de?ne identities that tell a story and reveal brand and digital strategy, which is both insightful and relevant to today's social and technological environment. Fabrik creates branded environments that pay respect to the user. Corporate communications are truly concept driven and 'on message'. We pride ourselves on producing superior web development for big brands. Our cross-discipline and media-neutral approach allows us to see the bigger picture, explore multiple approaches, mobilize our teams and take on any business challenge from strategy to realisation. ??????????????????????????????? CALEB WRIGHT FA* { fabrik agency }* Interactive + Design + Corporate Communications wk 919 747 9497 mb 919 208 3835 *www.fabrikagency.com* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martin.streicher at gmail.com Thu Aug 9 21:38:35 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 17:38:35 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Remote Rails position Message-ID: <89154A79-E4CA-4D65-87CA-BCBCA3EBF314@gmail.com> If you are looking for a new Rails position, please reach out to me. A well-funded startup in Mill Valley, CA is looking for a senior developer and/or a mid-level developer for ongoing work. Code is Rails 3, Sphinx, hosted on EC2, Cap deployments, and most of the usual suspects. Martin From motley.crue.fan at gmail.com Mon Aug 13 18:40:01 2012 From: motley.crue.fan at gmail.com (Phillip Rhodes) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:40:01 -0500 Subject: [raleigh.rb] CED Tech Venture Conference rejects Message-ID: Hey, RTP area startups: If you applied to be in the CED Tech Venture Conference "demo room" and did not get in, get in touch. I'm working on something you may find interesting. No reason to pass up the opportunity afforded by having a lot of investors, journalists, customers, etc. in town, just because CED didn't grace us with an invitation to their event.... Phil From tom.brooke at gmail.com Wed Aug 15 19:43:53 2012 From: tom.brooke at gmail.com (Tom Brooke) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:43:53 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Web Photography Message-ID: This might be slightly off topic but we need a good photographer - basically portrait but we need a transparent background and they probably need to work with our designer so someone with web experience would be great. Any suggestions? Tom Brooke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From korebantic at gmail.com Thu Aug 16 00:56:56 2012 From: korebantic at gmail.com (korebantic) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:56:56 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Web Photography In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You might have luck soliciting some of the local photography groups, many of which are very active and include professional's seeking gigs. This is one group I'm a member of: http://www.facebook.com/groups/188327231182706/ But of course there are more in the area. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Tom Brooke wrote: > This might be slightly off topic but we need a good photographer - > basically portrait but we need a transparent background and they probably > need to work with our designer so someone with web experience would be > great. > > Any suggestions? > > Tom Brooke > > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bemathis at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 00:36:06 2012 From: bemathis at gmail.com (Brandon Mathis) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:36:06 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] This make me sad :( Message-ID: <80272FFD-E8DE-497C-AE83-D6BC1796796A@gmail.com> I used to frequent the ruby meetups but I've noticed there are fewer and fewer happening and we have gotten to the point that all we do is hold hack nights. This makes me sad :( Do others feel this way? What can I do to help? I've spoken with hosts from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh ruby meetups and they've shown interest in hosting simulcast meetups with us. That would take off the pressure of having to find things to talk about every month for everyone involved but maybe that isn't the issue. Is it a hosting issue? Organization issue? Is there no issue at all making me the only person that feels this way? Again, let me know what I can do to help! --- Brandon Mathis Keyset Technical Solutions Founder / Software Developer Business: 919-809-7547 Skype: BeMathis87 brandonmathis.me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Mel On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Brandon Mathis wrote: > I used to frequent the ruby meetups but I've noticed there are fewer and > fewer happening and we have gotten to the point that all we do is hold hack > nights. > > This makes me sad :( > > > > Do others feel this way? What can I do to help? > I've spoken with hosts from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh ruby meetups and > they've shown interest in hosting simulcast meetups with us. That would > take off the pressure of having to find things to talk about every month > for everyone involved but maybe that isn't the issue. Is it a hosting > issue? Organization issue? Is there no issue at all making me the only > person that feels this way? 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Oh, BTW, that October 17th event... I have it booked at the local ad agency, Grow Interactive and will be doing some outreach to local agencies to attend as well. A good friend at our group had the brilliant idea to open up that event with a local geek comedian too. I'll be posting the details to the meet up when all the details are in. Should be a great ruby and social event! http://funnybonecentral.com/ShowDetails/48032f79-233f-4556-ad85-13fecf83e94a/eaf5e248-1faf-437c-8832-2fb72fdee936/The_Geek_Comedy_Show___Episode_III/Virginia_Beach_Funny_Bone - Ken > While I can't speak for the organizers of Raleigh.rb, as an organizer for > the CVREG (http://cvreg.org) I know it takes a lot of energy, time, and > support to keep a User group running. > > I applaud and encourage your offer of assistance. Keep at it because I know > the organizers will greatly appreciate it. > > Also, can you contact me off-list about this simulcast thing? This sounds > very interesting. > > Cheers, > Mel From bemathis at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 03:21:03 2012 From: bemathis at gmail.com (Brandon Mathis) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:21:03 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] This make me sad :( In-Reply-To: References: <80272FFD-E8DE-497C-AE83-D6BC1796796A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7673D244-D2A1-4C63-8F91-3DB464E84486@gmail.com> Thanks Mel! Revitalizing the Ruby/Tech Meetup community in the triangle is something that I have been putting a lot of thought into for a while and I just hope that I can help the organizers with anything they need to get more talked scheduled for the upcoming months! Let's talk soon about simulcasting some talks. I just attended the meet up here in Cincy and we had an excellent free-form talk about memory management in Ruby guided by some friends with Gaslight and EdgeCase: Dave Anderson, Jim Wierich, and Rob Biedenharn. The meetup was recorded and the organizer seemed quite excited about potentially doing a simulcast with meetups in other locations! Hopefully this is something we can bring to Raleigh soon. I'm hoping that there are others that would be interested in something like this. --- Brandon Mathis Keyset Technical Solutions Founder / Software Developer Business: 919-809-7547 Skype: BeMathis87 brandonmathis.me On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Mel Riffe wrote: > Brandon, > > While I can't speak for the organizers of Raleigh.rb, as an organizer for the CVREG (http://cvreg.org) I know it takes a lot of energy, time, and support to keep a User group running. > > I applaud and encourage your offer of assistance. Keep at it because I know the organizers will greatly appreciate it. > > Also, can you contact me off-list about this simulcast thing? This sounds very interesting. > > Cheers, > Mel > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Brandon Mathis wrote: > I used to frequent the ruby meetups but I've noticed there are fewer and fewer happening and we have gotten to the point that all we do is hold hack nights. > > This makes me sad :( > > > > Do others feel this way? What can I do to help? > I've spoken with hosts from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh ruby meetups and they've shown interest in hosting simulcast meetups with us. That would take off the pressure of having to find things to talk about every month for everyone involved but maybe that isn't the issue. Is it a hosting issue? Organization issue? Is there no issue at all making me the only person that feels this way? Again, let me know what I can do to help! > --- > Brandon Mathis > Keyset Technical Solutions > Founder / Software Developer > Business: 919-809-7547 > Skype: BeMathis87 > brandonmathis.me > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nathaniel at talbott.ws Wed Aug 22 13:57:34 2012 From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:57:34 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] This make me sad :( In-Reply-To: <80272FFD-E8DE-497C-AE83-D6BC1796796A@gmail.com> References: <80272FFD-E8DE-497C-AE83-D6BC1796796A@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey Brandon - thanks for the enthusiasm! Turns out you're not the only one, and there's a plan in motion to get the meetup going again. More details to follow... Let me put a plug in here: anyone who's interested in being a consistent part of making the meetup happen over the next 9-12 months, please email me directly and I'll make sure to hook you up with what's going on. The more folks able to be really involved, the better. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Brandon Mathis wrote: > I used to frequent the ruby meetups but I've noticed there are fewer and > fewer happening and we have gotten to the point that all we do is hold hack > nights. > > This makes me sad :( > -- Nathaniel Talbott <:((>< -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd love to have everyone who can come out, as I think there's lots to learn (not just from speakers, but from attendees as well). http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-DevOps/ I also owe Nathaniel a round of thanks - his running of the Raleigh.rb group has largely influenced how I run the Triangle DevOps group. - Mark Mzyk On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > Hey Brandon - thanks for the enthusiasm! Turns out you're not the only one, and there's a plan in motion to get the meetup going again. More details to follow... > > Let me put a plug in here: anyone who's interested in being a consistent part of making the meetup happen over the next 9-12 months, please email me directly and I'll make sure to hook you up with what's going on. The more folks able to be really involved, the better. > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Brandon Mathis wrote: > > I used to frequent the ruby meetups but I've noticed there are fewer and fewer happening and we have gotten to the point that all we do is hold hack nights. > > > > This makes me sad :( > > > -- > Nathaniel Talbott > <:((>< > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org (mailto:raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mtstalker at gmail.com Fri Aug 24 14:44:46 2012 From: mtstalker at gmail.com (Michael Stalker) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:44:46 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Call for speakers Message-ID: I'm Michael Stalker, and I'll be taking up the mantle to lead Raleigh.rb. Like Nathaniel said, we're reviving the group! However, we can't have meetings without speakers. Would you let me know if you'd be willing to give a presentation at a meeting? Here are some ideas: * Testing practices, * Testing tools like RSpec or Cucumber * Object-oriented programming with Ruby and/or Rails * Rails 3 and/or 4 * Debugging * Review a Ruby book you've read * Review a non-Ruby programming book you've read * How to get involved with open source work * Ruby or Rails coding conventions * A text editor you use that works well with Ruby or Rails * Anti-patterns * Programming practices like pair programming * Ruby design patterns * A project you're working on * A programming language you're learning, and how Ruby programmers can benefit from it You're certainly not limited to these, but these ideas might get us started. I'd be happy to coach you on giving a presentation if you're new at this, too. If you want to speak, but don't want to devote a full hour to the topic, let me know that, too. 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URL: From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 12:55:11 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:55:11 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Best practices for testing API Message-ID: I am using the Rails API gem to build a minimal service with a RESTful API and JSON responses. What are best practices for testing an API? I prefer Rspec, Faker, Factory Girl, Shoulda, and json_expressions. What other tools and techniques are recommended? Thanks! Martin From cjstingl at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:05:14 2012 From: cjstingl at gmail.com (Christopher Stingl) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:05:14 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <68BB5A4D2C8E4A22A02CA08090AEA639@gmail.com> Odd that you bring this up, as I am in the same boat. I've been a front end developer for 6+ years and over the last year in my free time have been doing my best to pick up Ruby/Rails/Sinatra etc. I recently started shopping my resume around looking for work at a place that could put my Front End experience to good use while allowing me to work alongside passionate Ruby/Rails developers so I could accelerate my learning as you mentioned. If anyone knows of an opportunity along these lines I would appreciate hearing about it as well. Thanks in advance. Cheers CHRISTOPHER STINGL 1319 center street apex nc 27502 t +1 919 995 1452 e cjstingl at gmail.com On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org (mailto:raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:12:38 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:12:38 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RIak/Ripple testing Message-ID: Has anyone developed with Ripple? (I know Sean lives in the Triangle.) I need to be able to test my Ripple models and code and am looking for sample code, suggestions, pointers. Martin From bryan.kearney at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:07:49 2012 From: bryan.kearney at gmail.com (Bryan Kearney) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:07:49 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: <68BB5A4D2C8E4A22A02CA08090AEA639@gmail.com> References: <68BB5A4D2C8E4A22A02CA08090AEA639@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4213035D-87CE-457A-AEB8-80C352941F76@gmail.com> Find an open source project written in rails. I will pimp those I care about, but I am sure there are others. Katello.org Theforeman.org -- bk Sent with thumbs On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Christopher Stingl wrote: > Odd that you bring this up, as I am in the same boat. I've been a front end developer for 6+ years and over the last year in my free time have been doing my best to pick up Ruby/Rails/Sinatra etc. I recently started shopping my resume around looking for work at a place that could put my Front End experience to good use while allowing me to work alongside passionate Ruby/Rails developers so I could accelerate my learning as you mentioned. > > If anyone knows of an opportunity along these lines I would appreciate hearing about it as well. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Cheers > > CHRISTOPHER STINGL > > 1319 center street apex nc 27502 > t +1 919 995 1452 > e cjstingl at gmail.com > > On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > >> Hey everyone! >> >> I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? >> >> Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> Ben >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:44:40 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:44:40 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! Message-ID: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> I cannot recommend this enough: http://kapeli.com/dash/ Puts all sorts of documentation right on your desktop. Great for road warriors and quick reference. Martin From adam at thewilliams.ws Wed Aug 29 13:56:58 2012 From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:56:58 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> Message-ID: Agreed. I use it every day, for Vim, for Rails, for Ruby, for PostgreSQL. It's super faster than Xcode for iOS docs. It's worth every penny. On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I cannot recommend this enough: > > http://kapeli.com/dash/ > > Puts all sorts of documentation right on your desktop. Great for road warriors and quick reference. > > Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From tom.brooke at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:55:53 2012 From: tom.brooke at gmail.com (Tom Brooke) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:55:53 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: <4213035D-87CE-457A-AEB8-80C352941F76@gmail.com> References: <68BB5A4D2C8E4A22A02CA08090AEA639@gmail.com> <4213035D-87CE-457A-AEB8-80C352941F76@gmail.com> Message-ID: Christopher As an add on to what Bryan said - I am also a newbie - but fortunately I am involved in the start of an open source project for a local (North Carolina not exactly Raleigh) charity, Main Street Mission - We have enlisted Mendicant University and they have adopted us as a sort of open source training ground for some of their members written in Rails - the project is a Food pantry volunteer and inventory management system - and we would welcome any additions, contributions or new volunteers the git repo is here: https://github.com/MainStMission/food-pantry-manager.git and we have a google groups list here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/main-street-mission-development Also on my own but somewhat related to the Mendicant project I am just starting an open source repo for a new web page for Main Street Mission using Refinerycms here: https://github.com/MainStMission/msm.git We would love to have your help or anyone else's help on either or both projects On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Bryan Kearney wrote: > Find an open source project written in rails. I will pimp those I care > about, but I am sure there are others. > > Katello.org > Theforeman.org > > -- bk > Sent with thumbs > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Christopher Stingl > wrote: > > Odd that you bring this up, as I am in the same boat. I've been a front > end developer for 6+ years and over the last year in my free time have been > doing my best to pick up Ruby/Rails/Sinatra etc. I recently started > shopping my resume around looking for work at a place that could put my > Front End experience to good use while allowing me to work alongside > passionate Ruby/Rails developers so I could accelerate my learning as you > mentioned. > > If anyone knows of an opportunity along these lines I would appreciate > hearing about it as well. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Cheers > > CHRISTOPHER STINGL > > 1319 center street apex nc 27502 > t +1 919 995 1452 > e *cjstingl at gmail.com* > > On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > > Hey everyone! > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) > can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I > know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning > process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning > I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > Ben > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at iannopollo.com Wed Aug 29 14:09:20 2012 From: steve at iannopollo.com (Steve Iannopollo) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:09:20 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9ECFE942-F161-4F2E-A4D0-7C793389C88C@iannopollo.com> I like Dash too, although I'm pretty disappointed with the behavior of the developer. Dash is free to download from the App Store, and has always been like that. Recently the developer hobbled the app (with a thing called Pinky which turns all the doc text pink) and turned it into nagware by constantly urging users to buy the in-app purchase to un-hobble Dash. I wouldn't have anything against him if Dash was like that from the very beginning (like if I had never used it and went to download it right now), but implementing those features for users who already had been using the app for months seems like holding those users hostage so they can get the app they like back. Grandfathering-in existing users would seem like the more appropriate thing to do. Apple even forces that type of behavior by not charging existing users of a free app if the developer of that app starts charging money for it. I think that is why the developer of Dash changed the app and implemented an in-app purchase; so he wouldn't have to grandfather any users and could try to make money from them. And if that's not enough, I contacted the developer and he didn't even seem to understand my concerns, let alone care. /rant -Steve On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I cannot recommend this enough: > > http://kapeli.com/dash/ > > Puts all sorts of documentation right on your desktop. Great for road warriors and quick reference. > > Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I have generally found that the less money I'm willing to take, the more likely I will be to work with code I am interested in working with. The responses you will get that say, 'work on open source', are evidence that this is true. However, do not think that we cannot ultimately make exceptionally good income doing exactly what we love. I know farmers who make more than any programmer I've ever met. HTH, Adam On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > Ben > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From bryan.kearney at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 14:14:08 2012 From: bryan.kearney at gmail.com (Bryan Kearney) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:14:08 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: <32F24902-50DA-46C7-AC04-CBFB420E5BAB@thewilliams.ws> References: <32F24902-50DA-46C7-AC04-CBFB420E5BAB@thewilliams.ws> Message-ID: <503E23B0.3030009@gmail.com> Agree.. at one level, Open Source Projects are merely a way to build experience, an online resume of code commits, and contacts who may hire you for later work. -- bk On 08/29/2012 10:03 AM, Adam Williams wrote: > Hi Ben, > > It seems to me the biggest obstacle is coming to a place in one's mindset where they are willing to be paid what they are worth for the work they will be doing. For instance, I wanted to learn iOS development, so I took on jobs where I worked, literally, for $10/hr. It was a fixed price, and I thought I could do it in a few days (Rails mindset), and found that it took 150 hours. This was honest - I got paid what I was worth for iOS development at the time. Now I can make significantly more doing iOS work. > > I have generally found that the less money I'm willing to take, the more likely I will be to work with code I am interested in working with. The responses you will get that say, 'work on open source', are evidence that this is true. However, do not think that we cannot ultimately make exceptionally good income doing exactly what we love. I know farmers who make more than any programmer I've ever met. > > HTH, Adam > > On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > >> Hey everyone! >> >> I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? >> >> Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> Ben >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From adam at thewilliams.ws Wed Aug 29 14:22:02 2012 From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:22:02 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: <9ECFE942-F161-4F2E-A4D0-7C793389C88C@iannopollo.com> References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> <9ECFE942-F161-4F2E-A4D0-7C793389C88C@iannopollo.com> Message-ID: On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Steve Iannopollo wrote: > I wouldn't have anything against him if Dash was like that from the very beginning (like if I had never used it and went to download it right now), but implementing those features for users who already had been using the app for months seems like holding those users hostage so they can get the app they like back. Grandfathering-in existing users would seem like the more appropriate thing to do. Apple even forces that type of behavior by not charging existing users of a free app if the developer of that app starts charging money for it. I think that is why the developer of Dash changed the app and implemented an in-app purchase; so he wouldn't have to grandfather any users and could try to make money from them. This is interesting. Do you mean that if you have an app on the App Store, and remove it, people who have downloaded it before can add it to other machines on their account, etc. as if it were still in the App Store, since they paid for it once upon a time? I understood that if you kept the app in your iTunes backup or on your device backup, you would never lose it. Is that the Apple behavior you are referring to? If so, isn't that true for Dash, too? If you keep the old binary backed up, you could use it all day long with no 'Pinky', right? Of course, you wouldn't get new features, but why should you care if the value provided in the old set is worth what you paid. > And if that's not enough, I contacted the developer and he didn't even seem to understand my concerns, let alone care. Maybe he is wondering why you don't just use the old binary? As for caring, I'm convinced, for myself, that I lack care in most areas /because/ I don't understand as someone else does :) I learn something new every day, and I see this day shall be no different! Adam From sdball at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 13:34:08 2012 From: sdball at gmail.com (Stephen Ball) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:34:08 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4370834F-8EC5-43D7-82E8-AB27E99FAA6C@gmail.com> Avdi Grimm volunteers his time for remote pairing. The only requirement is that he has to pair with you on open source code (i.e. not work). http://devblog.avdi.org/pair-programming-services/ If you aren't familiar with who he is yet: he's written a few books on Ruby/Rails, is one of the Ruby Rogues, and is generally just one of the premier developers working in Ruby and Rails. If you just come to him with an idea you'll get two hours of mentoring to keep you moving forward. If you are stuck and want to try and get some specific help, the Rails Hotline is a free phone call: http://rails.pockethotline.com/. If you know Rails, volunteers are always welcome. As for joining a project? Find a project on github that you like. Find an open issue on that project (or come up with an idea for it that you'd like), write up the code, and submit a pull request. Repeat. :-) -- Stephen (http://rakeroutes.com) On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Syzek wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > Ben > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I > need to be able to test my Ripple models and code and am looking for sample > code, suggestions, pointers. > > Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Nathaniel Talbott <:((>< -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donald.ball at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 14:33:46 2012 From: donald.ball at gmail.com (Donald Ball) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:33:46 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) can > get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I know > that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning > process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to learning I > could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! If you're into pair programming, there are some ruby developers who do remote pair programming on open source projects with anyone who's interested: Avdi Grimm, Evan Light, I think David Brady may. I've done a session with Avdi myself and had a great time. -- donald From donald.ball at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 14:48:44 2012 From: donald.ball at gmail.com (Donald Ball) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:48:44 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Best practices for testing API In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On my most recent Rails API project, I wrote acceptance tests for the HTTP API using cucumber with the default rack test driver, rspec for the object specifications. My scenarios looked like: Scenario: User looks up an asset URL by VIN When I lookup the URL for a valid VIN Then I get a JSON response with the asset URL and the step definitions translated the business requirements into the HTTP request/response manipulation. It worked out really well. I took a page our of Gary Bernhardt's book and first wrote the step definitions against the service objects, then rewrote them against the HTTP API as I added controllers and routing to the app. -- donald From steve at iannopollo.com Wed Aug 29 14:56:55 2012 From: steve at iannopollo.com (Steve Iannopollo) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:56:55 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> <9ECFE942-F161-4F2E-A4D0-7C793389C88C@iannopollo.com> Message-ID: <9E2D3565-FC1C-4633-8F75-0B967EE3F0E7@iannopollo.com> > This is interesting. Do you mean that if you have an app on the App Store, and remove it, people who have downloaded it before can add it to other machines on their account, etc. as if it were still in the App Store, since they paid for it once upon a time? No. Let's say I create an app and upload it to the App Store, call it "Blah". I initially make it free to download. Millions of people download it, due to its awesomeness. Then at some point I say to myself "I wish I was getting paid for this. I should start charging for Blah.app". I then log in to iTunesConnect and raise the price from free to $19.99. The millions of existing users would not be forced to pay $19.99 to continue using Blah.app. Only new users would be required to pay $19.99 to download Blah.app. The millions of existing users would also be allowed to download any future updates to Blah.app free of charge. > Of course, you wouldn't get new features, but why should you care if the value provided in the old set is worth what you paid. You're insinuating that I find no value in Dash, or that I simply want it free forever, which is untrue. I find the app very useful, and would be willing to pay for it were it not for what I consider to be a poorly executed change from free-to-paid for the app. I have a few apps on the App Stores and would never hobble any of them in an attempt to extract money from existing users. That's just how I roll. -Steve -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4889 bytes Desc: not available URL: From thomas at ravinggenius.com Wed Aug 29 15:09:23 2012 From: thomas at ravinggenius.com (Thomas Ingram) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:09:23 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks for this! Fantastic app (just downloaded today). On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I cannot recommend this enough: > > http://kapeli.com/dash/ > > Puts all sorts of documentation right on your desktop. Great for road warriors and quick reference. -- Thomas Ingram ><> From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 15:43:38 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:43:38 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RIak/Ripple testing Message-ID: <1FAA4FD6-5692-47BD-9D4D-01CA02A08AF8@gmail.com> I have not used Ripple before, so I am looking for general guidance. Should I test the models in the usual way? Are there special matchers available to test for the existence of a property within a model? That sort of stuff. On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > Spreedly uses Riak and Ripple extensively - what are trying to figure out with regards to testing? The built-in TestServer works quite well these days. > > > P.S. Sean actually moved to NJ, but he may still be hanging out on the mailing list. From adam at thewilliams.ws Wed Aug 29 16:20:14 2012 From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:20:14 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Great docs on desktop! In-Reply-To: <9E2D3565-FC1C-4633-8F75-0B967EE3F0E7@iannopollo.com> References: <4B26E5CC-DE47-4107-8880-98A41AF06EDD@gmail.com> <9ECFE942-F161-4F2E-A4D0-7C793389C88C@iannopollo.com> <9E2D3565-FC1C-4633-8F75-0B967EE3F0E7@iannopollo.com> Message-ID: On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Steve Iannopollo wrote: > No. Let's say I create an app and upload it to the App Store, call it "Blah". I initially make it free to download. Millions of people download it, due to its awesomeness. Then at some point I say to myself "I wish I was getting paid for this. I should start charging for Blah.app". I then log in to iTunesConnect and raise the price from free to $19.99. The millions of existing users would not be forced to pay $19.99 to continue using Blah.app. Only new users would be required to pay $19.99 to download Blah.app. The millions of existing users would also be allowed to download any future updates to Blah.app free of charge. Ah, I see, and agree that I should not begin paying for an app that was once free. I recently took on Things 2, and I was certainly thankful it was a free upgrade, though of course, I had paid for version 1. I would not have been offended if they had charged for version 2. What do you think about charging for a version 2? Is that how you would go about getting paid for new features in your iOS apps? I did just pay for version 5 of VMWare Fusion, though I would not like to pay for 4.2.6. Accordance just released 10.0, and I'm very confused about my multi-hundred dollar purchase from 2007, whether I can still use it all in 10.0. I'm willing to pay for 10.0 software, but not for the same content I already purchased. >> Of course, you wouldn't get new features, but why should you care if the value provided in the old set is worth what you paid. > > You're insinuating that I find no value in Dash, or that I simply want it free forever, which is untrue. I find the app very useful, and would be willing to pay for it were it not for what I consider to be a poorly executed change from free-to-paid for the app. I have a few apps on the App Stores and would never hobble any of them in an attempt to extract money from existing users. That's just how I roll. Certainly I believe you find value in it, or, I presume, you would not use it at all. I did perceive that you wanted it free forever, but I stand corrected. I see now that you would be willing to pay for (future improvements? new versions?), and that you simply do not believe you should have to pay for the version you are already using for free. I did not understand that you were primarily interested in critiquing the business model/release plan/upgrade path strategy of the developer - how he rolls - in contrast to yours. Please forgive any new insinuations. I don't mean to make any, this time :) By the way, I hope you are well, Steve! It's been a long time since seeing you last. Life is ever busy over here, as new challenges and opportunities continue to vie for my attention. Adam From nathaniel at talbott.ws Wed Aug 29 16:51:06 2012 From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:51:06 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RIak/Ripple testing In-Reply-To: <1FAA4FD6-5692-47BD-9D4D-01CA02A08AF8@gmail.com> References: <1FAA4FD6-5692-47BD-9D4D-01CA02A08AF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: We just test as normal - no real differences that I can think of. Since they're just models, there isn't really a need for special matchers/assertions. Ripple is based on ActiveModel, so you can of course use whatever Rails testing goodies you usually do around validations, callbacks, etc. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Martin Streicher < martin.streicher at gmail.com> wrote: > I have not used Ripple before, so I am looking for general guidance. > Should I test the models in the usual way? Are there special matchers > available to test for the existence of a property within a model? That sort > of stuff. > > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > > > Spreedly uses Riak and Ripple extensively - what are trying to figure > out with regards to testing? The built-in TestServer works quite well these > days. > > > > > > P.S. Sean actually moved to NJ, but he may still be hanging out on the > mailing list. > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Nathaniel Talbott <:((>< -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 17:12:24 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:12:24 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RIak/Ripple testing In-Reply-To: References: <1FAA4FD6-5692-47BD-9D4D-01CA02A08AF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <371BCC5A-9C02-4434-AB3E-C76843597768@gmail.com> Makes sense. On Aug 29, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > We just test as normal - no real differences that I can think of. Since they're just models, there isn't really a need for special matchers/assertions. Ripple is based on ActiveModel, so you can of course use whatever Rails testing goodies you usually do around validations, callbacks, etc. > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > I have not used Ripple before, so I am looking for general guidance. Should I test the models in the usual way? Are there special matchers available to test for the existence of a property within a model? That sort of stuff. > > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > > > Spreedly uses Riak and Ripple extensively - what are trying to figure out with regards to testing? The built-in TestServer works quite well these days. > > > > > > P.S. Sean actually moved to NJ, but he may still be hanging out on the mailing list. > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > -- > Nathaniel Talbott > <:((>< > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thomas at ravinggenius.com Wed Aug 29 17:19:10 2012 From: thomas at ravinggenius.com (Thomas Ingram) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:19:10 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Best practices for testing API In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ruby5 had a spot about an API testing gem just yesterday. I haven't used it, but it sounds useful. http://ruby5.envylabs.com/episodes/305-episode-301-august-28-2012/stories/2658-api_matchers On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I am using the Rails API gem to build a minimal service with a RESTful API and JSON responses. > > What are best practices for testing an API? > > I prefer Rspec, Faker, Factory Girl, Shoulda, and json_expressions. > > What other tools and techniques are recommended? -- Thomas Ingram ><> From adam at thewilliams.ws Wed Aug 29 17:42:50 2012 From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:42:50 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Best practices for testing API In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Aug 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > json_expressions Hadn't seen this one. I've been liking https://github.com/collectiveidea/json_spec. From ben at equityshack.com Wed Aug 29 19:04:50 2012 From: ben at equityshack.com (Benjamin Syzek) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:04:50 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ways for a Rails newbie to work with more experienced people In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks everyone for the overwhelming number of great responses! You all have been immensely helpful. Looks like there are a lot of opportunities out there even for newbies, which is really great to hear. Ben On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Donald Ball wrote: > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how a Rails newbie (such as myself) > can > > get involved working on a project with some more experienced folks. I > know > > that working with more experienced people can accelerate the learning > > process A LOT, but is there a way to do it so that in addition to > learning I > > could also add value so that it's not just a one way street? > > > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! > > If you're into pair programming, there are some ruby developers who do > remote pair programming on open source projects with anyone who's > interested: Avdi Grimm, Evan Light, I think David Brady may. I've done > a session with Avdi myself and had a great time. > > -- donald > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Benjamin Syzek Co-founder of EquityShack Phone: 408-775-5508 Twitter: @equityshack Like EquityShack on Facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dlackaff at elon.edu Thu Aug 30 15:52:56 2012 From: dlackaff at elon.edu (Derek Lackaff) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:52:56 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] project assistance Message-ID: Hi Ruby Brigade, This is my first post to this list, so I hope this is appropriate. I'd like to connect with a Rails dev who is open to some contract/freelance hacking on a small project. Or even better, someone who would be willing to donate a bit of hacking to an open source project. I'm launching an open governance / civic innovation experiment here in Alamance County. The core of the project is a civic idea-sourcing and voting platform. I'm looking for a few hours of assistance from a Rails developer who can provide some customization for an existing open source Rails codebase. As an interactive media professor, I have a lot of enthusiastic student manpower available, but I don't currently have access to someone with Rails development chops. The project is currently funded largely out of my own pocket, so I am looking to keep costs as low as possible. The current site for the project is here: http://www.betteralamance.org/. The codebase of interest is here: https://github.com/lackaff/social_innovation Some of the changes will possibly be merged to the upstream project, which is being developed by a great (overextended) nonprofit shop. I'm of course happy to provide further details -- wanted to keep this note as short as possible. Thanks in advance for any thoughts! Hope to catch up with some of you in person at a Meetup one of these days. Cheers, Derek -- Derek Lackaff, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Communications Elon University Office: Powell 216 +1 336 278 6492 From martin.streicher at gmail.com Fri Aug 31 12:04:25 2012 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:04:25 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Best practices for testing API In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks. I have a nice suite built now from json_expressions and api_matcher on top of rspec. On Aug 29, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Adam Williams wrote: > On Aug 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Martin Streicher wrote: > >> json_expressions > > Hadn't seen this one. I've been liking https://github.com/collectiveidea/json_spec. > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jbenz83 at yahoo.com Fri Aug 31 13:53:02 2012 From: jbenz83 at yahoo.com (James Benz) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:53:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [raleigh.rb] project assistance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1346421182.68655.YahooMailNeo@web39302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Derek, I would be glad to help you with your rails app. ?I will fork the git repository and look at the existing code. ?Then you can tell me what specifically you need assistance with. ?Though freelance/contract work does help pay the bills, I don't mind donating some time to your project either. ? James Benz ________________________________ From: Derek Lackaff To: raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: [raleigh.rb] project assistance Hi Ruby Brigade, This is my first post to this list, so I hope this is appropriate. I'd like to connect with a Rails dev who is open to some contract/freelance hacking on a small project. Or even better, someone who would be willing to donate a bit of hacking to an open source project. I'm launching an open governance / civic innovation experiment here in Alamance County. The core of the project is a civic idea-sourcing and voting platform. I'm looking for a few hours of assistance from a Rails developer who can provide some customization for an existing open source Rails codebase. As an interactive media professor, I have a lot of enthusiastic student manpower available, but I don't currently have access to someone with Rails development chops. The project is currently funded largely out of my own pocket, so I am looking to keep costs as low as possible. The current site for the project is here: http://www.betteralamance.org/. The codebase of interest is here: https://github.com/lackaff/social_innovation Some of the changes will possibly be merged to the upstream project, which is being developed by a great (overextended) nonprofit shop. I'm of course happy to provide further details -- wanted to keep this note as short as possible. Thanks in advance for any thoughts! Hope to catch up with some of you in person at a Meetup one of these days. Cheers, Derek -- Derek Lackaff, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Communications Elon University Office: Powell 216 +1 336 278 6492 _______________________________________________ raleigh-rb-members mailing list raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: