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Ruby Nights: The Auckland Ruby Group October Meetup

Oct 2009 14
Wed 6:30 PM
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Estimated attendance
 10  people attended.
5.00 5.003

Who organized?
Justin Wood

Last months meetup was a blast! Who knew Rails generators could do some much and in so many languages? For the October meetup, Ruitao has promised an overview of his highly popular 'price aggregation' that scrapes the [probably shouldn't mention retailer] site.

But wait there's more ... I've also lined up a solid presentation from Omar Garcia a well respected computer scientist who's almost got a PHD! He's going to do a talk on AR's named scopes, a crucial feature for optimising or genericifying (that's a word right?) your AR based Rails app:

Here's Omar's run down:

Active Record Named Scopes

- Active Record goals
- What are Named scopes (new in rails 2.1)
- Simple Named Scopes
- What happens under the hood
new methods, Generated SQL
- Flexible named scopes
Using parameter
Using optional parameters
- Do's and Don'ts (optional I have some raw ideas on this topic)
- Related topics
Default scope (new in rails 2.3)

!-----xxXX Lots of sample code XXxx----!

Omar's such a legend I'm thinking we might not need the Circus Performers ... but Beer and Pizza come standard.

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  • Tong
    Posted Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM
    Tong
    Thank you Justin, Ruitao, Marcus, Omar, Daniel and Yan! You are helpful, patient, knowledgeable and interesting. I not only gain Ruby knowledge but I am also inspired to start my own Ruby project.

Who attended?

  • 10 attendees
    • “ People are helpful, patient, knowledgeable and interesting. I not only gain Ruby knowledge but I am also inspired to start my own Ruby project. Thank you Justin, Ruitao, Marcus, Omar, Daniel! ”
    • “ It was a very friendly, funny, open, instructional and highly interactive evening. Every one participated with questions, answers, further explanations, cleverness etc. Justin is an excellent host. Plenty of beer and pizza. I will not miss one a so should not you. On the downside, I did not see the circus performance (-; ”
    • Yan