Rob Heittman: Java < JRuby > Ruby
This will be our third joint meeting with the Central Virginia Ruby Enthusiasts Group. and a great chance to see more of the wicked cool stuff the Ruby folks get the opportunity to sling around every day.
Afterword we'll meet up at the Capital Ale House to engage the speaker personally.
Unfortunately, Michael Feathers had to reschedule his talk.
Thank you to Michael Van der Meer at TekSystems for sponsoring our February meeting.
We're expecting a larger than usual crowd so please RSVP via SignUp button below
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We'll also still in need of help with organizing and running the meeting.
- Two people to man the doors
- I think we still have signs, but those need to be put up.
- Additional person to handle all aspects of surveys
I'm stoked!
Dominion Innsbrook Technical Center
About the Presenter
Rob Heittman
Rob Heittman is a system architect, software developer and veteran small business executive. He has overall responsibility for Solertium's proprietary software, and manages both internal and contract software development operations. In addition, he is the principal technical liaison between Solertium and the open source community, and coordinates Solertium's strategic application of Google technologies.
Rob is a Rubyist who wishes 'Javaist' was a word. He wields JRuby professionally every day in the course of developing Rails, GWT, J2ME and Android apps.
Current projects include:
o The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,
o Mobile apps for Five Guys Burgers and Fries,
o The upcoming 2011 Frequent Traveler Awards.
In addition to JRuby, he is active in the Rubinius, Gerrit Code Review, and Restlet open source communities, and co-founded the ambitious Scala+GWT project.
Rob is easiest to find on Twitter: @rfc2616