[PLUG-Devel] Ann: Devel Meeting, Thursday, Feb 1st

[Alan Dayley]

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Ugh!  Forgot the footnotes!

[1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/
[2] http://www.rubyonrails.org/

Sorry.

Alan

Alan Dayley wrote:
> What: PLUG Developer Meeting
> When: Thursday, February 1st, 2006 at 7:00 PM
> Where: Adtron Corporation
> 4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100
> Phoenix, AZ 85040
> (Directions are available in the web site FAQ:
> http://plug.phoenix.az.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=31)
> 
> Topic: A Ruby on Rails Project Demonstration by Craig White
> 
> Ruby[1] is becoming a popular programming language for web development.
>  The Ruby on Rails[2] project provides a system for rapid development of
> web applications, allowing the creation of database centered
> applications very quickly.
> 
> This project demonstration concerns implementation of ruby on rails
> system that is in production at a non-profit mental health services
> provider in the valley. Software has been developed exclusively using
> Quanta Plus, runs on CentOS 4.4, Apache Web server, PostgreSQL, SVN and
> Trac. User authentication is handled by network LDAP, modules include
> clients, case managers, facilities, placements, referral notes,
> personnel (this module is very robust and mostly complete), and a time
> clock. Some amount of ajax is used and while ruby on rails supports
> larger implementations of ajax, I have been hesitant to overload because
> client systems are frequently Macintosh OS 9, using Netscape 7.02 (the
> last version released for OS 9) and only moderate support for Web 2.0
> features.
> 
> Presenter Bio:
> 
> Craig White is a former vice president of Arizona Apple User group (mid
> 80's), and have been doing computer support, contract sysadmin for
> Macintosh, Windows, Linux networks since 1987 (though my Linux
> experiences started approx 1999). I am a member of the Samba team
> (albeit a minor role) as I maintain wiki.samba.org
> 
> Network Note:
> 
> The wireless Internet at Adtron is known to mostly work but is flaky.
> We have a donated 8 port switch for wired connections but it can fill up
> if many people want to connect.  If you have an access point or a switch
> to share for the duration of the meeting, it is much appreciated.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 

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