A BDD discussion would be great, I'd like to hear what other people are doing with it. Some of the most interesting things I've learnt on my current project have been because of using story runner and not so much because of the actual technology but how it changes the way the team works together.
It would be cool to get more topics that delve into general stuff that comes with working in the industry. I'd love a "freelancing for noobs" guide. - Brent On Jan 19, 6:33 pm, Brodaigh <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like how you're opening the group up to talking about interests > outside Ruby as well as Ruby for a bit. It's real spicy ;-) > Particularly because there are some interesting interests within the group. > > After all computers are intended to support human interests ultimately (IMHO > -hope that doesn't make me sound like a freak!). Point is; who knows what > sort of inspiration we might find from a broader range of topics. > > (computing being the common denominator) > > Today I'm interested in: > Any discussion that alters my perspective. > A talk on TDD/BDD or testing-best practices for a beginner. (oh the shame!;) > I also like dogs. > > Also I'm looking forward to getting to know you all better and meeting new > people. > > I think I've found myself a new learner -he seems very keen to get back into > programming and of course, I'm pushing all my biases on him so I'm hoping > the n00b introductory events continue to happen. > > Oh *also*.. this is an interesting concept and sounds like fun > -http://www.slash7.com/articles/2008/7/28/success-at-failcamp > > -Brodaigh > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Pete Yandell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 16/01/2009, at 10:08 AM, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > > > I'd wonder where the demand for a Ruby Nuby night is coming from? > > > Are there lots of people who really want to get into Ruby? > > > Based on last time, the demand was mostly people working in Java/C# > > for corporates, who'd heard about this whole Ruby/Rails thing and were > > keen to find out a bit about it. > > > > How / Are 'nuby' sessions run for other frameworks / concepts / > > > languages? > > > No idea. Anyone? > > > > Due to the size of the Ruby community here in Melbourne, its somewhat > > > of a `clicky` group, > > > it might be worth making an effort to branch out to newer members. > > > Perhaps in more of a social environment? > > > Yep. Suggestions? > > > > Planning very far ahead for talks can be difficult as with the nature > > > of OSS and Github, focus is tending to move more quickly. > > > However, the same people are talking time and time again, can we come > > > up with some 'no pressure' way of nominating talks? > > > Asking the group for something, then having a presenter put themselves > > > up for it? > > > I think nominating wanted topics for talks and finding speakers to > > talk on them is a great idea. > > > It might let us broaden the topic range too. For example, I'd love to > > know a bit more about the database libraries from the Java world, > > because I think that'd help me in Ruby. Getting a speaker in from a > > Java group to talk about that would be great. > > > Don't want to take away the chance for people to pimp stuff they're > > building though, so people should still be able to talk if they're keen. > > > - Pete > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
