Why Ruby

Presented in 2011 at NUS Hackers Ruby tournament

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1. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong _Why Ruby? “So, what makes Ruby so cool?” Saturday, February 12, 2011
2. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong People “Two turkeys don’t become an eagle” Saturday, February 12, 2011
3. A picture > 1000 words... Saturday, February 12, 2011
4. A picture > 1000 words... Saturday, February 12, 2011
5. Picture > 10,000 words... Saturday, February 12, 2011
6. Not forgetting... Saturday, February 12, 2011
7. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong Passion “Because you’re worth it” Saturday, February 12, 2011
8. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Saturday, February 12, 2011
9. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Work for startups that wanna change the world Saturday, February 12, 2011
10. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Work for startups that wanna change the world Care about code quality Saturday, February 12, 2011
11. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Work for startups that wanna change the world Care about code quality Care about helping others achieve code quality Saturday, February 12, 2011
12. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Work for startups that wanna change the world Care about code quality Care about helping others achieve code quality Be sociable Saturday, February 12, 2011
13. Rubyists tends to... Wanna change the world Work for startups that wanna change the world Care about code quality Care about helping others achieve code quality Be sociable Be good musicians Saturday, February 12, 2011
14. Rubyists tends to... Live happily ever after... Saturday, February 12, 2011
15. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong Practices “Cuts like a samurai” Saturday, February 12, 2011
16. Buzzwords... Agile REST TDD BDD Pairing Saturday, February 12, 2011
17. More Buzzwords... NoSQL MongoDB Redis Node.js Juggernaut Saturday, February 12, 2011
18. Even libraries are cool... Cucumber Factory girl Devise Cancan Timecop Saturday, February 12, 2011
19. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong Productive “Rolling up your sleeves” Saturday, February 12, 2011
20. This... if(myVariable  !=  null){    //handle  it }else{    throw  new  InvalidOperationException ("Hey  dude!  Where's  My  Variable   Assignment!") } Saturday, February 12, 2011
21. Or this... raise  "Hey  dude!  Where's  My  Variable   Assignment"  if  my_variable.nil? Saturday, February 12, 2011
22. What about... unless(my_variable.nil?)    #do  whatever end Saturday, February 12, 2011
23. Packaged libraries gem  install  my_awesome_ruby_lib Saturday, February 12, 2011
24. The Five P’s of Ruby - @jasonong Pay “Show me the money!” Saturday, February 12, 2011
25. *Kar-ching* We’re hiring Saturday, February 12, 2011
26. *Kar-ching* We’re hiring Huge demand in the valley Saturday, February 12, 2011
27. *Kar-ching* We’re hiring Huge demand in the valley Europe, Australia & more! Saturday, February 12, 2011
28. *Kar-ching* Question: Who drives a Pagani Zonda HH? Saturday, February 12, 2011
29. *Kar-ching* Saturday, February 12, 2011
30. *Kar-ching* Answer: David Heinemeier Hansen. Creator of Ruby on Rails. Largely responsible for the popularity of Rails. Saturday, February 12, 2011
31. Summary People Passionate Practices Productive Pay Saturday, February 12, 2011
32. Summary People who are Passionate about good Practices and know how to be Productive gets excellent Pay Saturday, February 12, 2011
33. RedDotRubyConf 22nd/23rd April 2011 Matz (Ruby creator), Dave (PragProg), Chad (RubyCentral), Tom (Github) & many more! Regional folks Food + drinks + fun = Geek party Special student price ~ $100 Saturday, February 12, 2011
34. To learn more... Singapore Ruby Brigade Ruby Mendicant University Railscasts Saturday, February 12, 2011