Boiler Room Discussions
Lots of hands-on work, interactivity, and creativity. Here are some of the Boiler Room talks:
- Better JavaScript Testing & Debugging, by John McCaffery of Pathfinder Development
- Strangling a Java Webapp with Rails, by Tyler Jennings of Obtiva
- Acceptance Testing With Story Runner, by Nate Kirby of Practical Strategies
- Developing Mad Mimi: A Case Study, by Dave Hoover of Obtiva
- My Meta Has Meta, by Aaron Bedra of Relevance
- KISS DataPortability: The Wave and Why by Dan Parker of BehindLogic
- Effective Rails Testing Practices, by Mike Swieton of Atomic Object
- RSpec BDD for Java Applications, by Renzo Borgatti of Obtiva
- Selenium on Rails for Acceptance Testing, by Eric Smith of 8th Light.
- Back to the Future: Developing and Reusing the Web, by Joe Fiorini of densitypop.
- Test Last Development And Other Real Test Patterns, by Noel Rappin of Pathfinder Development.
If you're an entrepreneur building a team, meet them in the Boiler Room. If you're an investor looking for that next big opportunity, you might meet your developer(s) of choice here.
Lecture Room Sessions
Lecture Room presentations include:
- Rails Q & A led by David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails. Ask David anything.
- Behavior Driven Development, by David Chelimsky, lead developer of RSpec. How can BDD help you write maintainable applications that accurately reflect business needs?
- iPhone Web Development Using Rails, by Noel Rappin, lead developer of the Rails_IUI plugin. What's the best way to leverage Rails on the iPhone?
- 10 Things I Hate About Web Apps, by Micah Martin of 8th Light.
- Virtualization and Elastic Servers , by Yan Pritzker of CohesiveFT.
- An Alternative to Rails: The Merb Stack, by Yehuda Katz of Engine Yard.
- Using Metrics to Take a Hard Look at Your Code, by Jake Scruggs of Obtiva.
- Sleight of Hand for the Ruby Man , by Aaron Bedra of Relevance.
Keep checking here for updates.