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8 Ruby and Rails Jobs for May 2010

Need a new Ruby or Rails job? They're getting posted daily on jobs.rubynow.com but we've got 8 special ones of our own that have come in via the Ruby Inside jobs board. Jobs this month come from the United Kingdom and the US and, as is proving typical, are Rails heavy.

7 Top Ruby and Rails Jobs for January 2010

Looking for a Ruby or Rails job? There are still some good ones out there. They're getting posted daily on jobs.rubynow.com but we've got 6 special ones of our own that have come in via the Ruby Inside jobs board. Jobs this month come from the United Kingdom and the US (Portland, Chicago, Birmingham and Santa Barbara) and are, as usual, Rails heavy.

Ruby Manor

Ruby Manor is one of those alternative conferences. It’s not run for a profit, and costs just £8 for a ticket (you pay just enough to cover the cost of the room and equipment). You even get a free beer afterwards in the local boozer (and it’s at least £3 a pint in London these days). Due to the unique way that Ruby Manor is funded (actually, that’s nothing to do with it) you can even check the bar bill.

Tools of the trade

Peter Cooper of Ruby Inside recently asked if people wanted to write about the things that they use in their development work. So I jumped squarely onto that band wagon…

The Ruby Show 99: Here's a YouTube link (NSFW) for those that haven't heard it and don't get the joke.

Episode #99 Like a Boss edition. Here's a YouTube link (NSFW) for those that haven't heard it and don't get the joke.

Rails Envy Podcast – Episode #099

Episode #99 Like a Boss edition. Here’s a YouTube link (NSFW) for those that haven’t heard it and don’t get the joke.

Videos!

Well, gosh - the remaining Rails Underground videos are now available on the SkillsMatter site!

This includes:

Robby Russell - Launching Ruby on Rails Projects

Dr Nic - JavaScript Unit Tests

Emulating Smalltalk’s Conditionals in Ruby

If you follow my blog, you know that I enjoy emulating language features from other languages (like Python) in pure-Ruby. On the flight back from London, I read through Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns, and was reminded that Smalltalk doesn’t have built-in conditionals.

Instead, they use method calls (aka message sends) to do the heavy lifting:

12 Interesting Upcoming Ruby and Rails Events (That Aren’t Sold Out)

Wanted to go to JRubyConf or RubyConf this year? Tough - they're sold out already. Luckily, though, there are some interesting upcoming events that you can still get in to - some online, some in multiple cities, some held in youth centers, some in hotels, and even one on a tropical island. Whew!

(Update: Removed Aloha on Rails as it has sold out - thanks to Tammer Saleh for the note.)

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