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RailsConf 2011 Keynote Speakers
Location: Ballroom I - II
David Heinemeier Hansson (37signals)
Average rating:
(3.84, 58 ratings)
Keynote by David Heinemeier Hansson.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Eric Ries (Lessons Learned)
Average rating:
(4.32, 41 ratings)
Keynote by Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup methodology and author of the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Dr. Nic Williams (Engine Yard)
Average rating:
(3.69, 49 ratings)
Dr. Nic Williams takes you through the vagaries of Ruby's evolution, with an emphasis on the past and future of JRuby and Rubinius.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Aaron Patterson (AT&T Interactive)
Average rating:
(4.62, 63 ratings)
In this talk Señor Engineer Aaron Patterson will talk
about the adventures he's had over the past year. Topics will include
(but are not limited to), ARel, ActiveRecord, ActionPack, Code
Refactoring, and Sausage. Though these topics may go their separate
ways, they are not worlds apart. Attendance is required as there will
be homework assigned.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Guy Steele (Oracle Labs),
Richard Gabriel (IBM Research)
Average rating:
(3.71, 45 ratings)
People keep inventing new programming languages. What is programming,
and how can the design of a programming language help or hinder that
process? We have learned a lot over the last five decades: principles,
conventions, theory, fashions, and fads. “Those who cannot remember
the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Aaron Batalion (LivingSocial)
Average rating:
(2.86, 35 ratings)
Keynote by Aaron Batalion, CTO, LivingSocial.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Corey Haines (Corey Haines)
Average rating:
(3.83, 40 ratings)
Keynote by Corey Haines.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Dan Melton (Code for America)
Average rating:
(2.58, 40 ratings)
Lightning keynote by Dr. Dan Melton, CTO, Code for America.
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Glenn Vanderburg (LivingSocial)
Average rating:
(3.35, 37 ratings)
People really get bent out of shape about what programming really is.
Is is engineering, craft, art, or science? Or something different entirely?
But the real question is: does knowing what programming really is
help us to be better at it?
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Location: Ballroom I - II
Chad Dickerson (Etsy)
Average rating:
(3.68, 31 ratings)
Keynote by Chad Dickerson, CTO, Etsy.
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