Reminder: Meetup Tonight @ 6:30pm --> 4 Great Talks (topics inside)

[Michael Prendergast]

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that we have a meetup tonight, starting at 6:30pm.

We have four great talks lined up (see below). Here's the agenda:

1. 6:30pm-6:40pm: Networking / Mingling / Chit-Chat
2. 6:40pm: Introductions
3. 6:45pm: Talks start

There won't be snacks this time, so it may be a good idea to grab something to eat before coming, or bring something with you (even if it's just a granola bar). 

Here's the list of talks, RSVP here if you plan on coming:

1. [Advanced Talk] It's Dangerous To GC Alone, Take This! 

By Craig Lehmann and Robert Young

Every language community implements the same core components. Things like garbage collection, just­in­time compilation and threading. Wouldn't it be great if these were shared between languages?

An improvement to one language would mean an improvement to all. We’re actually doing it: open sourcing the core components of IBM’s Java Virtual Machine into an open language toolkit. Our first proof of concept language is Ruby. This talk will discuss the process and results of integrating a new garbage collector into Ruby.

[You can see the detailed description of the talk here, near the end of the post.]

2. [Beginner Talk] Boolean With Three Possible Values

By Nick Nikolov

When using RoR with MySQL the boolean fields may end up having a third, unexpected value.  This presentation will explain why and how this might happen and what to do if you wish to correct it.

3. [Beginner/Intermediate Talk] How to Be Weird - the Ruby Way and the Preferred Ruby Way

By Zhifu Ge

Audience 

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Beginning to intermediate Rubyists, especially those come from other languages 

Synopsis: 

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Ruby has unique ways of doing of lot of things. Learning about these peculiarities  can be of great help to those from other programming languages. This talk examines 11 of the most useful idiomatic Ruby ways of doing things, so that you can jump start  the amazing Ruby journey.

4. [Beginner/Intermediate Talk] Lessons Learned While Building a Shopify App

By Mike Potter

Mike Potter of Rewind (rewindit.io) will be sharing some of the lessons they learned while building their Shopify App.

5. Looking for Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Talks

We're switching things up a bit. :) Each night, we'd have to have the following set of talks:

1. One Beginner Talk
   
   
2. One Intermediate Talk
   
   
3. One Advanced Talk

Have a beginner, intermediate or advanced-level topic you'd like to talk about? We're looking for some talks for the following dates:

1. January 27th
   
   
2. February 24rd
   
   
3. March 30th
   
   
4. April 27th

If you think you'd be up for it, please do let us know by either shooting an email to ottaw...@gmail.com (yes, there's a number "2" in the email), or by filling in this short form. 

6. Plan on attending? RSVP and let us know.

You can RSVP here.

We hope to see you all there!

Thanks,

The Ottawa Ruby Team