Ruby on Rails workshop this summer

[Mark Locklear]

The workshop will be held at the AB Tech Small Business Center (SBC) at the Enka campus on Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 8pm beginning May 21st for 10 weeks. The SBC is located here:

 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1459+Sand+Hill+Rd,+Candler,+NC+28715&hl=en&sll=35.543066,-82.656431&sspn=0.037154,0.057936&hnear=1459+Sand+Hill+Rd,+Candler,+Buncombe,+North+Carolina+28715&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A

A few more things to consider...

-What you will need: this is a BYOL (bring your own laptop) workshop. You will be installing Ruby and Rails on this laptop, and you will use it for the entire 10 weeks. MAC and Linux operating systems are preferred. Windows users will be configuring a Virtual Machine to work in the appropriate environment.

-Come ready to work: this is not a social gathering. Well, it is sort of...my point is that this is a serious workshop for people interested in learning Ruby on Rails. This does not mean we can't have fun. We will, but the focus of this class is learning the fundamentals of Ruby on Rails. We will plan something fun at the end of the workshop to celebrate.

-Time commitment: first, if you register for the workshop, then you are agreeing to attend and participate for the entire 10 weeks. I understand that things happen, and you might miss a night, but this is a serious commitment, and I want you to take it as such. Additionally, I would estimate an additional 3-5 hours per week of work outside the workshop. If you are truly going to get anything out of this workshop, you should be willing to put at least that much time into your work outside of the workshop. Only attending once a week for a couple of hours will not get you very far.

-There are no Ruby or Rails prerequisites for this workshop, but you should be familiar with general programming concepts such as variable assignment, if/else structures and loops. It would also be helpful to learn some Ruby. You can do that at http://tryruby.org.

-Respect for others: I want this to be an open and welcoming learning environment. We will be working as a group through this workshop (myself included). Come ready to help and be helped. Be respectful of others' space and individual skill levels.

-Structure of the workshop: We will use a course developed by Richard Schneems at UT Austin. Here is the class: http://schneems.com/ut-rails. Each week we will watch the videos for the class (about an hour). We will then begin work on the homework for that week (about an hour). Some may finish in class, others may need to continue work on their own throughout the week.

If all of that floats your boat, go to summerofrails.eventbrite.com and register. I am limiting the number of registrants to 15 seats to keep the group small, so if you are serious about attending sign up ASAP. For other rails folks who are interested in helping out, I will contact you in a separate email.


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J. Mark Locklear
-Philippians 4:13 gives you the muscle, but YOU have to flex it!

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