podcasts

S01E30: David Keener

07 Jul 2011

David Keener discusses use of Ruby in the government space and the RubyNation DC conference.

  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 00:20 Background
  • 00:50 General Dynamics
  • 01:35 Government projects leveraging Ruby on Rails
  • 03:30 Issues with using Ruby on Rails for Government Projects
  • 04:50 Section 508 Compliance
  • 05:20 Utilizing HTML5
  • 06:50 Why Ruby on Rails for Government Projects?
  • 08:15 Balancing Back End and Front End Work
  • 10:15 Rails 3.0 and 3.1
  • 10:45 Saas vs Scss
  • 11:30 Ruby Nation Conference in DC
  • 12:40 Advice for Conference Organizers
  • 14:15 Challenges of Rails Development on Windows
  • 16:15 Using Rails for Facebook Application Development
  • 17:30 Eloquent Ruby
  • 19:50 Git and GitFlow
  • 21:10 Advice for Speakers at Ruby/Tech Conferences

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