Hello Everybody. Here is your chance to attend the coolest 'Ruby on Rails' event of the year at Hyderabad on Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Mr. Robert Adkins, CTO of Technetra, a Silicon Valley based open source software company will conduct a technical session on 'Ruby on Rails' ! In Bob's own words: """ Tech Session: Ruby on Rails Hyderabad, March 14 This tech session is an introduction and tutorial on Rails. We'll start out with an overview of the Rails system. We'll also take a look at the diverse community that is making Rails so successful today. Then we'll dive into Rails more deeply. We'll discuss Rails program structure, configuration and conventions. We'll cover database migrations and the basics of its three most important components: Active Record, Action Controller, and Action View. We'll also examine how Rails provides a Web 2.0 look and feel through integration with CSS and Ajax. The tech session will explore Rails issues of testing, security and performance. In particular, we'll look at RSpec as a testing discipline. Then we'll learn how to avoid security pitfalls like SQL injection and cross-site-scripting attacks. Finally we'll look at caching options that increase web performance. """ Speaker Profile Mr. Robert Adkins is CTO of Technetra, a Silicon Valley based open source software company. Robert Adkins has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has held senior engineering and management positions in products and services groups at Apple Computer, IBM and BB&N. Mr. Adkins counsels government and industry on open source technology adoption and policy. Robert is an expert developer in Ruby and Ruby on Rails and is an active open source contributor. He holds a MS in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Adkins helped create India's first open source business conference LinuxAsia, to serve as a platform for global industry leaders to interact with India's open source players from industry, government, academia and community. He has published in technology magazines and journals including Linux Journal, Linux For You, the ACM and Government Computer News. His articles can be found at www.technetra.com/author/radkins -- All geeks, open source enthusiasts, Ruby and Ruby on Rails developers and entrepreneurs are very welcome ! To let the organizers know you will be attending, please click this link http://www.twincling.org/contact . We'll get in touch with you and keep you posted ! regards Twincling News and Editorial Team. TSNET.
