#trug on irc.freenode.net
Friday, 9 June 2006
Posted by austin in: TRUG, comments closed
Thanks to Bill Traynor (wmat), TRUG now has a registered channel on irc.freenode.net. Hope to see you there.
This Saturday: TRUGhat 2006:1
Wednesday, 3 May 2006
Posted by austin in: Ruby, TRUG, comments closed
Reminder: TRUGhat iswas Saturday, 6 May 2006!
The Toronto Ruby User Group’s first hackathon is this Saturday, 6 May 2006. If you are attending, please add your name to the TRUGhat wiki page.
When and Where?
TRUGhat 2006:1 will be held on 6 May 2006, from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Tucows has generously provided the space and network availability for this event at its offices in Toronto, at 96 Mowat Avenue, one block westeast of Dufferin, south of King. Transit accessibility is good, with both the King West streetcar and the Dufferin bus passing near the office. Parking is plentiful for those who will be driving.
What Do I Need to Bring?
- Yourself.
- It would be good if you brought your own computer, although we will probably be practising pair programming.
- Anything you want to drink during the course of the day.
We will be providing wireless access, and the Tucows office has wireline access.
Pizza lunch will be provided from a nearby Pizza Pizza, courtesy of yours truly.
What else?
- Make sure you have Ruby installed. We will generally be working with Ruby 1.8.4.
- Have Subversion command-line or graphical tools installed. For people with Windows, I recommend TortoiseSVN.
- Create an account on RubyForge. You will be added as a committer to the project we will be using to manage this release.
- If you have any Ruby documentation, such as either the first or second-edition Pickaxe books, this will be very useful.
See you there!
If you are worried that you might get lost, please email me at halostatue(at)gmail.com and I will provide you with my cellphone number to contact me on the day of the hackathon.
TRUGhat 2006:1
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Posted by austin in: Archive, Ruby, TRUG, comments closed
TRUGhat: Toronto Ruby Users Group hackathon
TRUGhat is TRUG’s hackathon or codefest. In a hackathon, a group of people get together and will either work toward a common goal, or simply work in a common area on code that interests them. For our first TRUGhat, we have agreed upon a common goal.
During a codefest or hackathon, there’s always lots of snacks available, and it’s common for the perfect developer’s food—pizza, of course—to be delivered.
The goal is for TRUG to have two TRUGhat events a year. Ruby developers of all skill levels will be welcomed.
TRUGhat 2006:1
When?
TRUGhat 2006:1 will be held on 6 May 2006, from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Since we’re all learning something on this first TRUGhat, we probably won’t get started programming until 11:00 A.M.
Where?
Tucows has generously provided the space and network availability for this event at its offices in Toronto, at 96 Mowat Avenue, one block west of Dufferin, south of King. Transit accessibility is good, with both the King West streetcar and the Dufferin bus passing near the office. Parking is plentiful for those who will be driving. Map
Who?
The Tucows space can handle a total of fifteen people, with thirteen places available. If you’re interested in joining us, please put your name below and join the mailing list. UPDATE: This list is wrong. Visit the TRUG wiki and use the sewm list to join.
What?
The current plan is to implement the functionality of libarchive and possibly libtar for Ruby. The primary goal is pure Ruby support with a secondary goal of Ruby/C bindings so that those who have the requisite libraries can take advantage of the C code for performance reasons.
More?
Some of the details are still being worked out, but Austin Ziegler has already committed to buying pizza for whomever does show up. Check out the mailing list or the TRUGhat wiki page for more information.
