BJ Clark

AboutUs.org

BJ has been developing websites as a freelancer and for numerous start ups since 1997. He started using rails in Feb ‘05 and fell in love with the framework the first time he saw hit. His skills are a unique blend of pragmatic agile development and user experience design. He currently lives in Portland, Or and works for AboutUs.org

Sessions

2:50pm Wednesday, 05/06/2009
Working Effectively with Legacy Rails Code
General
 Location: Pavilion 2 - 3
Pat Maddox (The Science Department), BJ Clark (AboutUs.org)
Rails has been out for a few years now. We're past the blogs, past the first couple rounds of new apps, and now have legacy systems to maintain. What strategies can we use for improving these systems? What specific challenges are there for Rails apps, and how does Ruby allow us to meet them in unique ways? We'll look at all of this and more, in "Working effectively with legacy Rails code" Read more.
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