November Phoenix Ruby User Group Meeting

November Phoenix Ruby U. Group Meeting

When: Monday, November 9, 2009
6:30pm door open. Laptop power and WiFi available.
7:00pm Showtime
8:15pm Migrate to Havana Cafe *** SEE NOTE BELOW! ***

Topic: Game development

     Logan B. and Jay McGavren will be speaking at
     RubyConf2009 about Jemini, a JRuby game development
     framework. We’ll get a preview of this talk, and some
     sweet demos.

Where: Target Training International offices
17785 N. Pacesetter Way
Scottsdale AZ, 85255
Google Maps

     101 Freeway to Princess Drive; 2 blocks to Pacesetter
     North on Pacesetter to TTI at 17785
     Drive around to the back to meeting room entrance

     **** IMPORTANT ****

     If you have not been to the meeting before PLEASE view
     this satellite image showing the location of the meeting
     room entrance:

     http://www.rubyaz.org/images/tti_sat.png

     The door says "TTI University"

     If you get lost, call James at 480 236 4136

     Note that sometimes the meeting is in the front of the complex.
     If you find yourself round back and there seems to be
     no activity there, please try the front door.

     Whenever possible, any such changes will be announced, and
     the Web site updated, and probably twittered, and then
     yelled from the hilltops.

Discussion, food, drink:

    Remi of rockin' DevFu asked if, for old time's sake, the gang
    could dine at Havana Cafe on Bell and 64th st.

    Havana Cafe was the old after-meeting food+drinks spot when the
    group was first rolling.

    http://is.gd/4yhLm

    I (James B.) would love this, and hope others are up for
    it as well.

    Yes, it's a bit more pricey than Four Peaks, but consider it
    a once-in-a-blue-moon treat.

    Also, we'll need to get butts there by 8:15-8:30 so the kitchen
    doesn't close and make us sad.

The Phoenix Ruby U. Group meets at 6:30pm on the second Monday of
each month, barring holidays. Information may be found at
www.rubyaz.org.

Thanks,

James B.


www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys
www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation
www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff
www.neurogami.com - Smart application development

James B.,
Â
I am very new to Ruby programs, I am having a very hard time getting it
all up loaded to my computer. it seems that most or all the files are
zipped. is their anyway that you can help me out with this? I have been
reading the Beginning Ruby and the Beginning Rails. but I am not sure
what else to do. please help!
Â
James N.
[email protected]

— On Tue, 11/3/09, James B. [email protected] wrote:

From: James B. [email protected]
Subject: [ANN] November Phoenix Ruby U. Group Meeting
To: “ruby-talk ML” [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 6:41 PM

November Phoenix Ruby U. Group Meeting

When:Â Â Â Monday, November 9, 2009
      6:30pm door open. Laptop power and WiFi available.
      7:00pm Showtime
      8:15pm Migrate to Havana Cafe *** SEE NOTE BELOW! ***

Topic: Game development

    Logan B. and Jay McGavren will be speaking at
    RubyConf2009 about Jemini, a JRuby game development
    framework. We’ll get a preview of this talk, and some
    sweet demos.

Where: Target Training International offices
    17785 N. Pacesetter Way
    Scottsdale AZ, 85255
    Google Maps

    101 Freeway to Princess Drive; 2 blocks to Pacesetter
    North on Pacesetter to TTI at 17785
    Drive around to the back to meeting room entrance

    **** IMPORTANT ****

    If you have not been to the meeting before PLEASE view
    this satellite image showing the location of the meeting
    room entrance:

    http://www.rubyaz.org/images/tti_sat.png

    The door says “TTI University”

    If you get lost, call James at 480 236 4136

    Note that sometimes the meeting is in the front of the complex.
    If you find yourself round back and there seems to be
    no activity there, please try the front door.

    Whenever possible, any such changes will be announced, and
    the Web site updated, and probably twittered, and then
    yelled from the hilltops.

Discussion, food, drink:

     Remi of rockin’ DevFu asked if, for old time’s sake, the gang
     could dine at Havana Cafe on Bell and 64th st.

     Havana Cafe was the old after-meeting food+drinks spot when the
     group was first rolling.

     Google Maps

     I (James B.) would love this, and hope others are up for
     it as well.

     Yes, it’s a bit more pricey than Four Peaks, but consider it
     a once-in-a-blue-moon treat.

     Also, we’ll need to get butts there by 8:15-8:30 so the kitchen
     doesn’t close and make us sad.

The Phoenix Ruby U. Group meets at 6:30pm on the second Monday of
each month, barring holidays. Information may be found at
www.rubyaz.org.

Thanks,

James B.


www.jamesbritt.com       - Playing with Better Toys
www.ruby-doc.org        - Ruby Help & Documentation
www.rubystuff.com      - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff
www.neurogami.com      - Smart application development

James N. wrote:

James B.,
Â
I am very new to Ruby programs, I am having a very hard time getting it all up loaded to my computer.

First, as a matter of etiquette, please do not reply to a post to start
a different topic. It’s called “hijacking” and it’s a bad practice.

If you need help with something, start a new topic with a short but
clear subject line.

it seems that most or all the files are zipped. is their anyway that you can help me out with this? I have been reading the Beginning Ruby and the Beginning Rails. but I am not sure what else to do. please help!

Those are poor books to start with.

Try The Ruby P.ming Language, by David Flanagan & Yukihiro
Matsumoto. Or maybe Programming Ruby, by Dave T…

As for installing Ruby, there may be pointers here:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/

If you need more help, please post a new message with specific questions
and details of your computer; don’t reply to this message.

James

On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:41 PM, James B. wrote:

Try The Ruby P.ming Language, by David Flanagan & Yukihiro
Matsumoto. Or maybe Programming Ruby, by Dave T…

I would recommend The Ruby P.ming Language only if you are an
experienced programmer. It is more an thorough overview of how the
language works then a tutorial on programming in it.

If you are a beginner, Programming Ruby is a really good book.

Regards,
Florian G.