geek chat and pool

Posted by matt.overstreet, Mon Jul 07 11:52:00 UTC 2008

It’s that time again. Join us Tuesday July 8. We’ll be meeting at the Strategy Cafe offices (there’s a map at upcoming) and headed over to the Triple for libations, conversations, and pool.

Hope to see you there!

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May Code jam

Posted by matt.overstreet, Thu May 08 10:45:00 UTC 2008

UPDATE: The May code jam has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We’ll see everyone on the second Tuesday in June!

See you on Tuesday May 13 for a Ruby and Rails code jam. Bring projects and questions for this informal get together.

let us know you are coming here:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/609617

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Time for the April Social

Posted by matt.overstreet, Fri Apr 04 10:06:00 UTC 2008

It’s time for a social!

Join us on Tuesday at Capital Ale House in Richmond’s West End for light banter about Ruby, Rails and Related topics.

Let us know you’ll be there

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Notes from the Git and Prototype presentations

Posted by matt.overstreet, Tue Mar 18 22:06:00 UTC 2008

Here’s a copy of Matt’s prototype.js presentation

And a few links from Jon so you can learn more about Git without a trip to your local library:

Linus Tolvalds on Git

GIT Peepcode

Git on Rails screencast

Git-SVN Crash Course

Be a man and migrate your SVN repo to GIT

Handy Git aliases

show the current branch name in your prompt

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January Meeting Review...

Posted by melriffe, Tue Jan 08 23:22:00 UTC 2008

I would like to, again, thank James Robertson for coming down to Richmond to talk about Smalltalk. I was very happy with the talk - everyone seemed really interested - questions were even asked!

James covered some basic Smalltalk stuff: syntax, reserved words, operators, image-based environment, browsers. He then pulled out a Seaside demo, complete with some in-web-browser debugging. [I'm thinking I should have taken some notes during the talk so that I can write a better review.]

It was nice seeing Smalltalk in action, one of the Grand daddies of dynamic languages. Remember, though Smalltalk is roughly 30 years old, from it came: Refactoring support, SUnit - which spawned JUnit, Edit & Continue - the ability to work with live code in a debugger, and, of course, MVC. I'm sure there are more items.

James brought and left a few CDs with VisualWorks 7.5, non-commercial version, preloaded. Contact either Mel Riffe or Matt Overstreet for information on obtaining a copy; he also sent a few with the visiting Charlottesville crew (thanks for coming out guys - excellent questions)

Feel free to add your review in the comments. Cheers!

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Kicking off 2008 with some Smalltalk...

Posted by melriffe, Wed Jan 02 13:12:00 UTC 2008

Our January 8th Meeting will be Smalltalk Night.

James Robertson has been involved with Smalltalk, in one role or another, for quite some time. He's coming down to show off Cincom's VisualWorks Smalltalk offering, including a little bit of Seaside.

On the Cincom Smalltalk site you will also find links to Podcasts and daily Smalltalk screencasts; there's a wealth of information ready for consumption. Helpful Links:

Smalltalk has influenced many programming languages, Ruby in particular. In my opinion it is the premier language for Dynamic languages. Many of the ideas and concepts in Ruby were first implemented in Smalltalk. Come join us for what hopes to be a fantastic trip down memory lane and a glimpse into the future.

Head on over to the Upcoming.org Event and let us know you'll be joining us: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/379603.


February 12th Meeting Preview...

To be announced.

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CVReg Open Mic Night...

Posted by melriffe, Thu Nov 29 10:06:00 UTC 2007

Our December 11th Meeting will be 'Open Mic' Night.

Take 10-15 minutes to talk about any topic you desire. In the vein of the Lightning talks held at Conferences come share your stories.

Need some ideas:

  • Working with a new tool (i.e. git)?
  • Starting a new project?
  • Solved a tricky problem?
  • Reflect on the year
  • Working with another technology/language?
  • Got a Stand-up Routine
Bring a friend and share in the conversation. See you there!

Head on over to the Upcoming.org Event and let us know you'll be joining us: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/335310/.


January 8th Meeting Preview...

Come join us January 8th where James Robertson, Product Evangelist, former Product Manager, from Cincom will give a talk about VisualWorks Smalltalk.

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Octoberfestjamsomething!

Posted by matt.overstreet, Thu Oct 04 20:25:00 UTC 2007

Join us next week for a good old fashioned code jam. Bring a project, jump into one or make a suggestion in the google group (http://groups.google.com/group/CVRuby).

Head out to upcoming to sign up and we’ll see you there!

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September Meeting: acts_as_mindstorm hotness

Posted by jvanfleet, Thu Sep 06 19:39:00 UTC 2007

Eric Pugh from OpenSource Connections will be demoing anything he can think of, including the incredible awesomeness that is Lego Mindstorm and how he’s working with it from Ruby.

Sign up on upcoming if you plan on attending!

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