# Training in London

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882 "2007-04-13T01:22:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/1 "2007-04-13T01:22:44Z")

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Anyone know some good training courses in ruby in London for first time  
programmers and possibly ruby on rails?

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/2 "2007-04-13T09:04:13Z")

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I dont know but if anyone finds a good one we can go together. (ldondon)

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/3 "2007-04-13T13:24:58Z")

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On 13 Apr 2007, at 00:22, lookfortrain wrote:

> Anyone know some good training courses in ruby in London for first  
> time  
> programmers and possibly ruby on rails?

No, but if you make it along to Monday’s LRUG meeting I’d be happy to  
discuss the basics with you in the pub afterwards.

Ellie

## Eleanor McHugh Games With Brains

raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds\_to? :reason

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/4 "2007-04-13T14:30:24Z")

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hey can I come on monday too? 😛

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/5 "2007-04-13T15:13:32Z")

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On 13 Apr 2007, at 13:29, Ali Y wrote:

> hey can I come on monday too? 😛

As long as you provide the requisite libation I don’t see why not ;p

Ellie

Being and Doing are merely useful abstractions for the ‘time’-  
dependent asymmetries of phase space.

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/6 "2007-04-13T15:29:34Z")

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Er I’m not really a boozer. Can I drink softdrinks LULZ.  
Nah I can manage, but I hate beer, VODKA for me please.

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/7 "2007-04-13T15:33:34Z")

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On a serious note, are there any fees for entrance and other  
requirements ?

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/8 "2007-04-13T15:18:32Z")

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Hi –

On 4/12/07, lookfortrain [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Anyone know some good training courses in ruby in London for first time  
> programmers and possibly ruby on rails?

Skills Matter ([http://www.skillsmatter.com](http://www.skillsmatter.com)) have Rails courses, though  
I’m not sure about the suitability for first-time programmers. You  
might contact them anyway; they’re very involved in the London  
Ruby/Rails scene (they co-produced RailsConf Europe last year and they  
host the London RUG meetings.

David

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**Author:** ![lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lookfortrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lookfortrain)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-in-london/91882/9 "2007-04-13T18:11:52Z")

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On 13 Apr 2007, at 14:32, Ali Y wrote:

> On a serious note, are there any fees for entrance and other  
> requirements ?

No, LRUG ([http://lrug.org](http://lrug.org)) is a free public event each month. It  
normally lasts a couple of hours and then we all decamp to a nearby  
pub for the usual user-group silliness.

Ellie

## Eleanor McHugh Games With Brains

raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds\_to? :reason
