Rails Tutor Wanted (Study Group Also Welcome) - 2 Hours a Week - Happy to Pay

[Nelson]

So I'm just getting started with Rails (I've completed the RailsTutorial twice and have been learning everything else through Rails Casts) and I'm working on my first web app. I'm coming from Java and I'm loving Rails so far.

I'm looking for someone to review my code and who I can turn to when I get stuck. It'd be great if we could meet in person once a week for 2 hours or so to discuss my app's progress.

If anyone else is interested in receiving tutoring, we could put together a study group and share the cost of paying for the tutor.

I live in Riverton and would be happy to drive to Provo or Salt Lake City depending on where people are available. 

If you are interested in tutoring or joining a study group please respond.

Thanks!

-Nelson

[Paul Baker]

I'm in about the same place as you Nelson, except I have written code on a regular basis for a couple of years. 

I'd be interested in joining the group and splitting costs. 

-Paul

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[Corey Woodcox]

I'm in Riverton, and while I wouldn't really consider myself an expert, I get paid to do Rails, so I'm happy to help out.

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[James Stephenson]

I am in the same boat as Nelson. I would be very interested in this. Unfortunately I am sitting up in Twin Falls, ID which makes running down to Salt Lake or vicinity a little tough. If there were some other options for online help that would be great.

Jim

[Paul Baker]

BTW I am in SLC, but would be willing to drive down to Provo/ UT County if necessary. 

-Paul 

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Paul Baker <paul.b...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Corey Woodcox]

Google Hangouts, screen sharing, Skype… numerous ways to solve that problem. Remote pairing is great.

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[Nelson]

Awesome! I'm glad to see that this could come together. What night of the week works best for you/Trip/Jim? I'm available Tues-Saturday nights. 

[David Richards]

Hey everyone.  I've taken on a new programmer, teaching him the basics of Ruby and Rails.  He just built his first Rails application yesterday (two models and a few views).  We've gone over the basics of classes and methods and things.  Next Tuesday at 6:00 we're planning on reviewing these things and then getting started with the Ruby Koans.  If you guys want to join in, we could do a Skype call.  I outlined the plan for getting Chase up and running here: http://bit.ly/IMgPH3  So far, we're following these guidelines and it's working out all right.  The easiest thing might be to just add me to your Skype contact list, mudrosten, and we can go from there.

[Leland Rowley]

I would love to be in on this as well! I have been plugging away at Ruby and Rails, but have gotten distracted with another project and am itching to get going again. I am in Provo, but have done remote pairing with Brandon before and it works great for me! 

—Leland

[Paul Baker]

Hi Nelson, 

I think Tues or Weds are best for me. 

-Trip 

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Nelson <nelson...@gmail.com> wrote:

Awesome! I'm glad to see that this could come together. What night of the week works best for you/Trip/Jim? I'm available Tues-Saturday nights. 

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[Paul Baker]

David, 

Count me in. I just added you on Skype (paulbaker3)

-Trip 

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[James Stephenson]

Wednesdays are good for me for the next 3 months.

My Skype account is jhstephenson.

Jim

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Nelson <nelson...@gmail.com> wrote:

Awesome! I'm glad to see that this could come together. What night of the week works best for you/Trip/Jim? I'm available Tues-Saturday nights. 

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[James Stephenson]

I just sent a skype request to both Paul and David to my contact list.

[James Stephenson]

I just noticed I used the wrong account. It should be (jameshstephenson)

[Nelson]

Let's plan on Wednesday nights then. I won't be able to make this Wednesday, but next Wednesday for sure. I'll add you on skype when I get home, I don't have skype on this computer.

[Steve220221]

Hello,

I just joined last night and am working through tutorials in Ruby,
Rails, and Watir. I would love to be able to join your Skype group if
you are still accepting people. I plan on being at the meeting on the
12th (wherever it will be held) (oh and it is my anniversary...how's
that for commitment :) ). Anyway my skype name is steve 220221. I
would greatly benefit from this type of interaction. Hopefully soon, I
can start giving back.

Steve Slade

[Paul Baker]

Hey David, 

Not going to be able to make it tonight. My wife reminded me yesterday that we has planned a date night (cheaper sitter/ movie tix on a Tuesday). Sorry for the late notice. It just kept slipping my mind to send you this email. 

Have fun with the others and I'll ttys. 

Cheers, 

Paul 

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:01 AM, David Richards <davidlamo...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[James Stephenson]

That sounds great. I will participate remotely, unless I can find my way to Sandy some day.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Nelson <nelson...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm glad to see such a great turn out of people who are looking to jump-start their Rails education. I've spoken with Corey Woodcox, and he is happy to mentor whoever would like to join us on Wednesday nights. We will plan on starting 6/13/2012 and continue on a weekly basis as long as everyone is interested. 

The format will be QA based on our own individual projects. Everyone will bring 2-3 questions each week and we will go through them together as a group with Corey moderating the discussions. 

We will be meeting at the Jordan Commons tower in Sandy, but remote participants are more than welcome. We will do a screenshare of whoever is presenting their questions so everyone can participate. 

As far as cost goes, Corey has indicated that he would like to be compensated based on a tip system. If you find his help useful, you can pay what you feel comfortable with. I'd encourage you to be generous of course, so as to keep Corey (and any other future mentors) invested/interested in our success. 

[David Richards]

It looks like good things are happening all around.  A few of us have had a couple of Skype sessions where we've been practicing with Koans, reviewing a Rails app Chase built and built another app together.  We also end up in practical discussions about deployment, tmux, Heroku, Chef, Capistrano, technical blogging, testing, just whatever is on people's minds.  Anyone's welcome to come.  

Our plan is to meet on Monday at 6:00 on Skype and review the Rails app we built today and take it from there.  So, if anyone wants to join in, you can just contact me on Skype.  My handle is mudrosten.  

Also, here are a couple of links with notes for those of you who would like to see what we're up to.

https://workflowy.com/shared/aafcc135-9378-3dbc-8dab-1d40b5607677/

https://workflowy.com/shared/d9eb78de-84bf-4679-991c-a8d2f847fd71/

[David Richards]

We had a good talk tonight.  Some details are found here: http://bit.ly/LOqgql.  We'll meet again on Thursday at 6:00 (just Skype for now).  We're all excited for URUG tomorrow night.

[Nelson]

Friendly reminder:

Tonight is our first study session with Corey Woodcox. We will be meeting at the Jordan Commons tower (9400 South State Street - Sandy, Utah) from 7-9pm. The format will be Q&A. Bring whatever you have been working on and we can talk through it as a group.

For anyone looking to join us remotely, we can use whatever remote technologies work best. My experience is that Skype doesn't do group video calls for free, so I would recommend Google+. Feel free to respond with your opinion on this. 

We look forward to seeing you tonight!

[James Stephenson]

Google + is fine with me.

 

Jim

[Steve Slade]

It would be much easier if I could join remotely as I'm in Eagle Mountain. What do I need to do that?

[Nelson]

Add me on Google+ and we'll open up the line a little bit after 7pm.

[George Shank]

I think Google+ would be awesome

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George

[Steve Slade]

I found out where to go for that. I look forward to it.

Steve

[Nelson]

If you wanted to join us for our Google hangout, look me up (nelson wittwer) on google+ and we'll get you added.

[Max]

haven't used google+ before. tried to "add you" but it didn't find
your email addr. I may be able to show up in person but not sure.
what am I missing here?

[Nelson Wittwer]

I'm open to doing another Google hangout tomorrow from 7-9pm. 

For anyone who is interested, bring 1-2 well thought out questions or problems you have with whatever you are working on and we'll see if we can figure them out together. 

Matt, are you on Google+? If so, add me and I'll get you invited for tomorrow.

[Matt]

I am not on Google+. I had it because I clicked the button one day and google kept including me in users so I deleted my account. Is there a way to get an invite without using Google+?

[Nelson Wittwer]

We use Google hangouts to do group video call/screen share, so it'll be pretty difficult to join us with out it. 

The site as a social network might be a ghost town, but their hangout feature is pretty impressive. 

[Steve Slade]

I can be there again.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Nelson Wittwer <nelson...@gmail.com> wrote:

We use Google hangouts to do group video call/screen share, so it'll be pretty difficult to join us with out it. 

The site as a social network might be a ghost town, but their hangout feature is pretty impressive. 

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[Steve Slade]

I can't be there tonight. My landlord and I have to figure out what is wrong with my sprinklers. Let me know how it goes.

[Dean Michael Ancajas]

what do you mean you can't get a rails server on ubuntu? Are you using a Linode/Webbynode or more like an installation in your own PC and you want to play with RoR? Have you tried doing railstutorial.org? They have an extensive guide in there. If you really want someone to show you, I'd be happy to do it for you thru TeamViewer.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:33 PM, jmurray <jo...@gardenway.org> wrote:

I like the original title of the post:  Is there someone who can tutor me for 2 hours to get a rails server on ubuntu working-happy to pay.  I have tried several times, but I keep getting errors.  Writing the code with webrick works fine.  However, deploying to my linux box does not work for me.  Is there someone who would like to make some money showing me how to do this?

thank you,

John