# \[ANN/ADV\] Training: Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, Sept. 14-17

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-adv-training-intro-to-ruby-with-black-kastner-sept-14-17/171453/1 "2009-07-02T19:19:57Z")

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Hi everyone –

I am delighted to announce an upcoming Ruby Power and Light training  
course, to be taught jointly by me and Erik Kastner:

```
   Introduction to Ruby
   September 14-17
   Edison, New Jersey, USA

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The course will be held at the new, very up-to-date training facilities  
of Exceed Education in the Raritan Center. There are lots of hotels in  
the Raritan Center itself, and nearby.

It’s an intro course, but fast-paced. Erik and I will start you out  
with basic Ruby syntax and techniques, and take you through the Ruby  
object model, built-in classes, string and text handling, sockets and  
network programming, code testing, metaprogramming, and many more  
subtopics. There’s lots of hands-on work and mentoring from both  
instructors.

The course is ideal for you if you are:

- a programmer who’s new to Ruby
- a Rubyist who wants to review and learn the language deeply and  
systematically

The cost for this four-day course is: $1600 early-bird (through August  
30), $1750 regular (August 31-September 10).

For more info, see the course page at Exceed Education:  
[http://rubyurl.com/vmzN](http://rubyurl.com/vmzN). The page includes registration instructions.

We hope to see you there!

David, for David and Erik

–  
David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC  
Ruby/Rails consulting & training: [http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com)  
Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://manning.com/black2))  
Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17  
More info: [http://rubyurl.com/vmzN](http://rubyurl.com/vmzN)