Asp Forum - Re: [Rails] NYC Meetup?

Matt Pelletier

4/13/2005 12:04:00 AM

You should sign up for both NYC groups.

First, Ruby-NYC, which covers anything ruby-related. This has
been around awhile.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group...

Then, RubyOnRails-NYC, which I just started today.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rubyon...

Matt

Ramin wrote:
> I live in NY (Long Island) and I'm interested in Ruby/RoR meetup. Where
> do I sign up?
>
> On 4/12/05, *Matt Pelletier* < pelletierm@eastmedia.net
> <mailto:pelletierm@eastmedia.net>> wrote:
>
> Pat,
>
> I fully agree about learning from the 'elders', and that cooperation
> and
> cross-talk should be encouraged from the start. I don't think
> fragmenting interests is too much of a concern at this point, though, as
> anyone coding for RoR is likely to be pretty interested in Ruby as a
> language anyway. I certainly am. In fact I plan to encourage anyone
> coming to the RoR to go to the NYC.rb as well. Depending on the size of
> the interest (I have 4 ppl so far), maybe we'll ask the NYC.rb leader
> (Francis I know you're on ruby-talk) to set aside some time for each
> meeting just to focus on RoR.
>
> My rationale for wanting to start a Rails-specific group is that the
> ruby-nyc group is for the language, and those members have interests
> that don't necessarily deal directly with the web. While they would
> probably be interested to hear new members talk about Rails (and they
> were when I did so), I wouldn't want to alienate them by hogging the
> discussion about the Web.
>
> Since this is going to the Ruby-talk list... any Ruby folks there
> interested in a NYC meetup?
>
> Matt
>
> pat eyler wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 2005 3:40 PM, Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@eastmedia.net
> <mailto:pelletierm@eastmedia.net>> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Pat (and Paul, from earlier reply),
> >>
> >>Actually I did go to last month's Ruby Group (If you guys are
> watching I
> >>was the newbie). It was quite helpful, and I even came out with a
> free
> >>'Learn Ruby in 21 days' (thanks Francis), but my impression was
> that it
> >>was more oriented toward the language itself than to Rails, esp.
> as it's
> >>been around longer than Rails has existed. We talked about Rails
> a bit,
> >>but I don't want to inadvertantly steer those meetings into
> discussions
> >>just about Rails. So I will continue to attend them, but if there is
> >>enough interest in NYC I'd like to start one that focuses on Rails
> >>itself. There are plenty of developers here and I'd wager the
> interest
> >>is only going to grow.
> >
> >
> >
> > Actually I'm no where near NYC, so I didn't see you at the last
> meeting. ;^)
> >
> > I am concerned though that by starting Rails specific groups, we
> fragment a
> > community that is still fairly young. I think having a RoR group
> is a great
> > idea, but I'd rather see it run in cooperation with an NYC.rb (or
> whatever). I
> > think the new Rails folks can learn a lot from experienced
> Rubyists, and the
> > 'old timers' can certainly get a boost from the new folks that
> RoR will bring
> > in.
> >
> > just my $0.02
> >
> >
> >
> >>Matt
> >>
> >
> >
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