pdxruby Google Group

It's that time of month again!

2010-01-05T15:49:59Z

Happy New Year Everyone!
Looking back over the past decade I noticed a disturbing trend. The
ruby hangman puzzles have been roughly following an exponential growth
pattern, from essentially non-existent in 2000 to the spec-ed out
behemoth we had in December. The New Year seems like as good a time

Re: [pdxruby] MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T18:23:33Z

New slogan! "Ruby: She'll eat your eye out!" (Also known as "garbage collection.")
[Note for the voices outside my head: this references [link] ]
-Sam

Re: [pdxruby] MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T18:19:13Z

Should there be a mascot? See here:
[link]

Re: [pdxruby] MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T17:47:05Z

Sure. Just as soon as you explain to me what a "DSL API" is. Do you mean you want a compare/contrast on:
- so-called "internal" vs "external" DSLs, or
- Ruby-style block abuse vs. a more Java-like API, or
- abused blocks that take arguments vs. abused blocks that use instance_eval? (the latter, btw, is what I picked; the hack I used takes advantage of instance_eval.)

Re: [pdxruby] MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T06:13:13Z

This is a useful technique, hope you can come to the meeting to present it.
And for making that declaration, you are also tasked with explaining at
the meeting how a DSL API is different than a non-DSL API and what the
pros/cons of each option are. :D
-igal

Re: [pdxruby] MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T05:57:52Z

I may or may not be able to make it. But, if I do, I'd be happy to talk about a moderately clever technique I used to build what Rubyists call an "internal DSL"*, which allows methods to be defined in one block and invoked from child blocks.
-Sam
* (and everyone else just calls "an API")

MEETING: Tuesday, January 5th, 7pm, RHT

2010-01-04T05:39:38Z

The next Ruby Brigade meeting is coming soon. If you have a suggestion for a technical talk, discussion topic, questions you want answered, a group activity to do, etc ... please reply and prepare. You're also welcome to post suggestions at any time during the month.
I'd be particularly happy if we could get more 3-10 minute talks that quickly and casually showcase a method, tool, library or coding technique.

Re: [pdxruby] Contract to Hire Ruby on Rails Developer in Portland, OR

2009-12-23T00:52:08Z

Hi Kendall,
Thank you for the information. I am interested in pursuing this
opportunity and explore
the potential for a match. I am specially interested in the start up
aspect of this
opportunity.
I have attached my resume for consideration. I live in Portland, and am open
for a meeting next week. I have the Ruby on Rails, Javascript experience and

Contract to Hire Ruby on Rails Developer in Portland, OR

2009-12-23T00:42:20Z

Looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer open to working in a start up
environment. The client office is located in downtown Portland. Must
be local and available to interact with product development team.
This role will be the sole developer working on a Restaurant POS
system utilizing cloud computing (SAAS). Besides Ruby on Rails, must

[Fwd: PDXScala Meeting, Thursday 7PM, 12/17 @ AboutUs]

2009-12-15T23:48:44Z

Dear pdxruby and pdxfunc,

There's a new user group in town that you may be interested in:
pdxscala. I've been writing small Scala apps and have mostly liked it so
far. The language seems to combine many features I like about object
oriented, functional , dynamic and type-safe programming on a fast,

[JOB] Web Developer position at Second Story

2009-12-14T21:27:50Z

Hi everyone -- I'd like to pass this job listing from Second Story (where I
work) on to the list. It's not specifically a Ruby position, but we like
flexible programmers who keep up to date and Ruby knowledge is a symptom of
that. This is a full-time position. If you know anyone else who might be

OT: "DRDB HA Clustering on Commodity HW", PLUG AT, Wed. Dec. 16th

2009-12-14T19:16:46Z

[link]

Dear Portland Ruby Brigade and Portland Pythoneers,

There's an upcoming talk at PLUG AT that I think some of you will be
interested in: "DRDB HA Clustering on Commodity HW". I've been using
DRDB for years on cloud, virtual and physical servers to provide

Full-Time Web Application Developer Needed

2009-12-09T18:01:36Z

Hello everyone,

The company I work for, TSSI, here in Portland is looking to add a
full-time developer to our team. Here's the official job description
(and feel free to forward this on to people who may be interested but
aren't on this list):

Location: On site in Portland, Oregon
Position: Full-time employee

Re: Winter Coders Social, Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6-11pm

2009-12-08T08:40:09Z

Today!!

-igal

Calagator code sprint: Saturday, December 12, 10am-5pm at NedSpace Old Town

2009-12-08T08:32:05Z

From [link]

Help us improve Calagator -- join us for a code sprint.

Everyone is welcome to participate, even those that haven't been at a
code sprint before. These events are great for learning more about
creating software, agile development, Ruby and Rails, and finding ways