tony spencer

I’ve been wanting to dive into Ruby on Rails for nearly a year now since I saw that amazing 15 minute demonstration on the official site. I’ve known for a long time now that there is something really wrong about the repetitiveness of the code we’ve had to write in Java/JSP everytime we update an object model or change an interface.

We’re taking on quite a few new projects here that involve heavy development so I decided it was time to take the plunge. Immediately I started looking at the few available quick immersion courses offered around the country to see if we could get up to speed in a hurry. Bummer! Everything was booked.

So then I got the hairbrained idea that if I was going to spend the time locating someone to come do private session in house I may as well start a Ruby on Rails training series here in Raleigh with open registration. After a lot of calling around (thanks Nathaniel!) I was fortunate enough to establish a relationship with David A. Black who is highly regarded in the industry as an excellent trainer with 13 years experience as a professor, an acclaimed author of a new book Ruby for Rails which received a 10/10 rating on Slashdot, as well as a dedicated founding co-director of Ruby Central. So registration is officially open for the Introduction to Ruby on Rails course being offered by Raleigh on Rails October 2nd – 5th!