# \[ANN\] First gathering of #ruby-pro on 27th of June, 23:00 UT **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 25, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-first-gathering-of-ruby-pro-on-27th-of-june-23-00-ut/141437 "2008-06-25T21:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apeiros)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-first-gathering-of-ruby-pro-on-27th-of-june-23-00-ut/141437/1 "2008-06-25T21:28:27Z")
I’m proud to announce that #ruby-pro will be holding its first gathering on Friday. #ruby-pro is an IRC channel[1] on [irc.freenode.org](http://irc.freenode.org) where experienced and advanced Ruby coders can meet and talk, and where less experienced Rubyists can watch and learn. One of #ruby-pro’s aims is to spread knowledge. To that end we hold gatherings where several topics are presented, each by a host and each in the format the host of that topic considers best. The topics of the June 27 gathering will be: - BreezeForms: a library to deal with webforms - Treetop: Parse anything from configuration files to programming languages - git: tutorial, walkthrough and demo through the distributed revision control software - EventMachine: general walkthrough, some example apps, and a sampling of the “really fast” stuff Planned time for the topics is 45 minutes total. If we should exceed one hour, subsequent topics can be postponed to the next gathering to allow us to give them full and fair treatment. Since this is the first gathering it has the touch of the experimental. We don’t know yet how it will work out. But we invite everybody wholeheartedly to join, listen and discuss afterwards. To join the gathering, join #ruby-pro-gathering on [irc.freenode.net](http://irc.freenode.net) at 23:00 UTC. If you’re new to IRC, the wikipedia entry lists some software for different platforms. More information about #ruby-pro is available on [http://ruby-pro.org](http://ruby-pro.org) Regards Stefan R. (“apeiros”) 1: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message, as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client. For more information, see > **[Internet Relay Chat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat)** > > Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing. > Internet Relay Chat is implemented as an application layer protocol to facilitate communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client–server networking model. Users connect, using a client—which may be a... ---
**Author:** ![apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apeiros)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-first-gathering-of-ruby-pro-on-27th-of-june-23-00-ut/141437/2 "2008-06-28T00:24:27Z")
And a last minute notice: [ruby-pro.org](http://ruby-pro.org) might be down several times before 23.00 utc since I prepare demo code. Just retry 5min later. Regards Stefan R. (aka apeiros) ---
**Author:** ![apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apeiros)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-first-gathering-of-ruby-pro-on-27th-of-june-23-00-ut/141437/3 "2008-06-28T00:14:41Z")
Small reminder to those interested: The gathering will take place in less than one hour (23:00 UTC). If you got troubles got troubles joining the channel, just ask here. Regards Stefan R. (aka apeiros) Stefan R. wrote: > The topics of the June 27 gathering will be: > > - BreezeForms: a library to deal with webforms > - Treetop: Parse anything from configuration files to programming > languages > - git: tutorial, walkthrough and demo through the distributed revision > control software > - EventMachine: general walkthrough, some example apps, and a sampling > of the “really fast” stuff > > Planned time for the topics is 45 minutes total. > > To join the gathering, join #ruby-pro-gathering on [irc.freenode.net](http://irc.freenode.net) at > 23:00 UTC. > > More information about #ruby-pro is available on [http://ruby-pro.org](http://ruby-pro.org) > > 1: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) see [Internet Relay Chat - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat)