Joe O'Brien Does Ruby on Windows
Carl and Richard talk to Joe O'Brien about efforts to bring Ruby on Rails to the Windows platform. The conversation digs into current community efforts to get Ruby on Rails working on Windows, the state of IronRuby and the role that Visual Studio could bring to Ruby.
Guests:
Joe O'Brien
Joe O'Brien (@objo) is a father, business owner, speaker and developer. In 2006 he co-founded EdgeCase, a leading Ruby and Ruby on Rails training and consulting company. They have had a tremendous amount of success helping companies as large as GAP and AT&T Interactive as well as those startups still in the inception stage. Through a partnership with the Pragmatic Programmers, he has been giving training for well over three years on testing and development with Ruby on Rails. Joe has spoken at conferences ranging from RailsConf to numerous regional conferences and countless user groups.
Links:
- Rails Installer http://railsinstaller.org/
- IronRuby Codeplex Project http://ironruby.codeplex.com/
- Ruby Koans http://rubykoans.com/