Dave Thomas, of The Pragmatic Programmers, has announced a series of 3-day workshops aimed at developers, managers, team leaders, and enthusiasts to meet 9 top Ruby and Rails gurus and be 'on the edge' of the latest Ruby and Rails technology. The events are known as The Rails Edge and the first will be taking place in Denver, CO this November. Future events are planned for Reston, VA in January 2007, and in the Pacific Northwest and the Mid-West in March and April 2007.
The nine gurus lined up are:
- Dave Thomas (co-author of Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development With Rails)
- Mike Clark
- James Duncan Davidson
- Chad Fowler (author of Rails Recipes)
- Justin Gehtland
- Stuart Halloway
- Marcel Molina Jr. (a member of the Rails core team)
- Jim Weirich
- Bruce Williams
Learn more about The Rails Edge at the official site.