December 2011
1 post
Surrey Rubyists is rebooting!
After a break, we are rebooting Surrey Rubyists! We have a new venue and I’ve got some help which will make all the difference! The Details The next meet will be on: Tuesday 24th January 2012 Starts: 7:00pm Price: FREE The new venue is: The Keep, 29 Castle St, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UW (map: http://g.co/maps/sja8n, site: http://www.thekeepguildford.co.uk) What’s happening...
Dec 1st
September 2011
1 post
We're still here!
Due to the summer holidays and also my availability, we’ve had a bit of a break from Surrey Rubyists since the last meet where we played Hangman. I’m now looking to setup the next meeting, so if anyone fancies presenting a Ruby related topic, please let me know. Cheers Andy
Sep 18th
June 2011
2 posts
#3 Hangman Results
First of all, thanks to everyone that came tonight. I think everyone enjoyed the evening and learnt a lot. Congrats to threedaymonk for getting two players to the final, that was pretty hardcore! For those that are interested, all the game code and players are now up on github: http://github.com/andypike/hangman. Feel free to tweak your player to see if you can beat the infamous threedaymonk...
Jun 28th
#3 Tuesday 28th June - Update
I’ve found it hard to find speakers this month so we’re going to do something a little different this time. This month we are holding the very first Surrey Rubyists Coding Competition! Competition Overview We will be playing a well known turn based game. You will need to implement an AI player in Ruby for this game within the time allowed. Then we have a knock-out competition where...
Jun 3rd
May 2011
1 post
#3 Tuesday 28th June
We’re giving it a missing in May as most of the regulars (including me) are unavailable. So the next Surrey Rubyists will be on Tuesday 28th June. I’m on the lookout for speakers, so if you fancy volunteering then please let me know.  Details will follow once we have some speakers.
May 19th
April 2011
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#2 - Tuesday 26th April
After the first successful Surrey Rubyists last month we are doing it again in April. We have two sessions planned: Fishbowl with Julian Simpson Coding Dojo with Gavin Heavyside Where? The Bridge Barn pub in Woking (Bridge Barn Beefeater & Premier Inn, Bridge Barn Lane, Woking, GU21 6NL). Here’s the map Registration You can register your place for this free event here:...
Apr 9th
February 2011
2 posts
#1 - Tuesday 29th March
When? Tuesday 29th March from 6:30pm for 7:00pm start. Who? Jon Wood - MongoDB Anuj Dutta - RubyGems Where? The Bridge Barn pub in Woking (Bridge Barn Beefeater & Premier Inn, Bridge Barn Lane, Woking, GU21 6NL). Here’s the map Register There is limited space (32 max) so please register if you are coming so we can control numbers: http://surreyrubyists.eventbrite.com/....
Feb 15th
Initial feedback is good
It’s been a few days since I started trying to gauge the interest level of a Surrey based Ruby group and I think there is enough interest to take it further. So here is an update: Discussion Group First of all, I’ve set-up a Google Group for discussions around the Surrey Rubyists User Group (SRUG). If you would like to discuss anything or put forward an idea please post it to the...
Feb 4th
January 2011
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Interested?
I’m currently thinking about setting up a new User Group in the Surrey area for Ruby developers. At this stage I would like to find out what the level of interest might be and where most people would prefer the location to be. Why? I’d like to learn more about Ruby from people that know and there isn’t a Ruby User Group in my area (that I can find). I know there are Ruby...
Jan 31st