July 23, 2008 6:30-9:00pm July SF Ruby Meetup at

Stylin’ American Apparel brand t-shirts designed by Chris Messina Audience members who asked a question won a t-shirt!

Hey Jon, what are the benefits of using Ruby? It enabled us to turn out our site quickly and efficiently, and we’re now one of the top Ruby-based sites in the world!

Wow, over 60 people showed up. They got to the food before I did!

I can still network with my mouth full! All I have to do is listen and smile 

Nice orange hue on the walls! I’ve got to grab a seat before they’re all taken… Sorry bro, I call this seat!

What’s up, guys? I’m here to learn more about coding in Ruby. Cool, come sit with us!

I’m Karl and I’m a newish Ops Engineer at . I also build cool flying machines. Our team rocks! I’m Marissa. We’re hiring! Submit your resume; we’re doing exciting things! And Karl puts up with my dumb jokes.

Raul Parolari is the first of 4 presenters. Hi, I’m Caleb Clausen and the SF Ruby Meetup emcee for tonight. Thanks SlideShare for the venue and free pizza and beer!

Hi, I’m Raul Parolari and I’ll be walking through metaprogramming details in Ruby.

Hardcore Ruby hax0r presentation

That’s some l33t code! These are useful Ruby tips…sweet!

Impressive, he knows his Ruby… Whew, glad I helped organize this event.

Take a look at this highlighted part…

Now we’re exiting the program from RubyMate…

That’s my stage cue! Great presentation, Raul. Don’t forget to upload it to SlideShare! Our next presenter is Bala Paranj…

Hi, I’m Bala Paranj.

And this is my website. Check it out!

We’re gonna look at some code that leverages Google Maps.

Cool, I’ve got a SlideShare t-shirt now!

I’ll blow up the code so you can see it from the back of the room!

Who can answer what the significance of lambda is here?

I’m Senthil Nayagam! I’ll be talking about the pain points I’ve experienced with APIs and how to use ActionWebService 2 to adapt Ruby to Enterprise 2.0

Web apps are malleable, like gold. Build using web apps! APIs are hard to change, like diamonds.

Some of the SOAP clients need instructions. Like how to check Baby’s diaper!

Here’s why ActionWebService is not useful for API users. It’s good for debugging, though.

Enterprises find it hard to rebuild or otherwise build separate environments in Ruby…

The new API architecture is like a burger. MMm!

Next, Jon’s going to talk about how SlideShare uses Ruby.

Visit my slidespace on our site! I’m Jon Boutelle, the Co-founder and CTO of SlideShare.

So I came up with the idea of SlideShare in 2006… I taught myself how to use Ruby!

Rails r0x0rs my s0x0rs.

But it’s not perfect…

A load balancer is highly recommended. Some stuff is more difficult to use in Ruby vs. PHP

Thanks for coming by tonight. If you or your friends are interested in working here, email [email_address] !