Hi All We had a great turnout to the meetup on Thursday evening, thanks to everyone who attended, and to our five (!) speakers for keeping us entertained. We're working to get the filmed presentations up as soon as possible; meanwhile, here are the notes from the evening:
# Melbourne Roro October 2012 ``` _ __ ___ _ __ ___ | '__/ _ \| '__/ _ \ | | | (_) | | | (_) | |_| \___/|_| \___/ ___ _ ____ ___ _ ____ / _ \ ___| |_ |___ \ / _ \/ |___ \ | | | |/ __| __| __) | | | | | __) | | |_| | (__| |_ / __/| |_| | |/ __/ \___/ \___|\__| |_____|\___/|_|_____| ``` ## Sponsors * Thanks to Inspire9 for the awesome venue and drinks! * Thanks to Envato for the pizza! * Thanks to OrionVM for filming the talks! ## News – The Analogue Blog * Ruby 2.0 feature-complete * Rails Rumble happened! * Luke Chadwick did well with faxitfor.me ! * RailsCamp in Tasmania * Justin tells us that there's a video on the internet * "A Whirlwind Tour of Rails 4". Google it. * Ruby Tapas - Avdi Grimm - short ruby screencasts * Ruby-to-Javascript compiler called Opalrb - wow. * JRuby 1.7 * Uses InvokeDynamic for crazy speeds * 1.9.3 compatible * New MRI patchlevel - 1.9.3p286 w/ security fixes. Do it. * JSConf happening in Sydney, on 15 November * Brendan Eich - creator of JavaScript * @isaacs - node maintainer, npm inventor * Two parties, no need for more details. * Coupon code! "RORO" gives early-bird pricing! * <high voice> going to be awesome! ## Talks for Next Month? * Josh Basset should talk, probably about something he doesn't understand yet. * David Goodlad, because heckling. * Andy Kitchen ## Hiring & Hunting * Internet Business Systems is hiring senior & junior rails devs - talk to Michael Pitman * Envato is hiring - building a new team, lots of challenges for great rails devs - 3 teams, at least 2 are hiring - big scaling, and green-fields * Steve Gilles is here from Sydney, and is awesome. - hiring for client(s) in NYC - lots of work in SYD/MEL, too Looking: * Aidan Green - UX designer, front-end dev: aidan.id.au * Casey Leask - is a Rails, front-end and responsive web dev ## Presentations * Zeus – Ben Hoskings * Declarative Cucumbers – Mario Visic * Turbolinks and Other Rails 4 Stuff You Can Use Now – Gareth Townsend * Fresh Redis – Julian Doherty * Crashlog – Ivan Vanderbyl ## PIZZA. – Dave & Justin
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