Japan On Rails

In the beginning Matz created the language and the community. Matz called the language Ruby, and saw that it was good. And Ruby was the first day. DHH said, “Let there be the framework”. DHH called the framework Rails, and saw that it was good. And Rails was the second day. DHH blessed the language and the framework, and DHH said unto them, Be DRY, and agile, and replenish the earth, and subdue it! And have dominion over every programming thing upon the web. And it was so…

Ruby spent its childhood with a Japanese language speaking developer community inside a small Far East country.

Since the West discovered the language, and the “Rails Invasion” hit Japan, the Japanese Ruby community has been drastically changing. Actually the majority of the Rubyists in Japan are Rails users today. But sadly, although both Japan and the West are using the same programming language and the same web app framework now, the speaking language barrier are still separating the communities. I suppose you can’t see what’s going on inside the Japanese “closed” community because of the barrier.

Probably it’s time to open a Socket between both community and connect our communities. So, let’s start to know each other first!

Today, as a messenger from Japan, I’m here to briefly introduce some goodies from Japan such as:

• Ancient Japanese great Ruby heritages every Railer should know
• Ruby / Rails communities in Japan
• What Ruby did when the earthquake hit Tokyo
• What you should do when you visit the motherland of Ruby
• Remarkable Rails related products made in Japan