ADS specializes in using Ruby on Rails to build advanced, scalable, database-backed web sites for organizations of all sizes. Find out more at our website.

If you were at my talk on Agile Development at RailsConf 2008 and want the slides then you are in luck! You can grab my slides along with those of other presenters on the RailsConf 2008 presentation files page. Enjoy!

Update: for some reason the slides aren’t appearing on the RailsConf site. So, click here to grab em.

Hey all,

We are gearing up for RailsConf 2008 which kicks off tomorrow with a day of tutorials. It gets super juicy with all day sessions Friday and Saturday, and finishes strong with a partial day on Sunday. While you are here in Portland come by the Atlantic Dominion Solutions booth (#611), and drop a business card to win a free Starbucks gift card. We’re giving away 20 $5 gift cards and announcing the winners via Twitter on Saturday afternoon. Also come learn about agile development with scrum on Saturday at 4:25 PM in room D135-136, and how you can implement it with your team.

The ADS CREW is here in force with almost our entire development team representing. We are looking forward to learning more Rails goodness and meeting you fine people. We are also looking for folks to partner with. If you are interested come and see me. Regardless, if you see me, please stop me and say hello. I’ll be wearing an orange t-shirt with the ADS logo.

See you all in the A.M.

As a silver sponsor of RailsConf 2008, ADS has a 45-minute speaking opportunity along with a booth. We need your help in determining what we should talk about during our vendor presentation. Of course, we are going to talk about ADS Mantis, and may have an announcement about it. We want to fill the remaining 30 minutes with information that you will find informative. So, what do you want to hear us talk about? Of course, our expertise is in Ruby on Rails, however we also have growing knowledge of agile development, and the business side of running a development shop. Give us your ideas, and you might just win a little something in the process.

Tickets for RailsConf 2008 go on sale today. If you are a member of the Orlando Ruby Users Group or another user group use discount code rc08usrg to get 15% off the price. RailsConf is being held in Portland, Oregon May 29th through June 1st. They expect 1800 people this year, so sign up fast as tickets sold out quickly last year. See you there!

Atlantic Dominion Solutions is proud to be a silver sponsor of RailsConf 2008. As a silver sponsor we will have a booth, and a 45 minute presentation in the Products and Services track. We look forward to seeing everyone there, and perhaps having an announcement or two.

Hey all,

The last call for RailsConf 2008 proposals has been called. Here is the official word from O’Reilly:

RailsConf
May 29-June 1, 2008
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
http://www.railsconf.com

If You Want to be Heard at RailsConf 2008, You Have Just Four Days Left to Submit Your Proposal!

Just as life begins to get holiday-hectic, we want to remind you that proposals to lead sessions and tutorials at RailsConf 2008, May 29-June 1 in Portland, are due by midnight, Thursday, December 13.

For submission guidelines and to submit your proposal, go to: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/cfp/6.

If you’re a hacker, Rubyist, trainer, web developer, Rails system administrator, or entrepreneur with something to share, we encourage you to submit a proposal for a 45-minute session or panel discussion, or a three-hour tutorial.

What We’re Looking For…

Any Rails-related topic will be considered. We want to focus on teaching from experience to help conference participants take advantage of this new generation of services and opportunities. This year, we’re specifically looking for a larger number of advanced-level proposals–more hardcore technical topics, particularly design or coding techniques, testing tools, and deployment techniques.

Here are a few ideas on topics we’d like to see presented:

• Time-saving developer productivity tips, tricks, and tools
• Patterns and best practices for developing maintainable Rails applications
• Complex domain modeling with Active Record
• Rails development case studies, including application rewrites and organizational bootstrapping
• Heterogeneous systems integration
• Real-world deployment and scaling
• Making the most of new Rails features
• Gem and Plugin highlights
• Extending Rails

Whatever your topic, be sure to highlight real examples and show code!

Save the dates - May 29-June 1, 2008!

Co-produced by O’Reilly Media and Ruby Central, RailsConf is a sell-out every year, and this year will be no different. Registration opens in early February. To be notified when it opens–and to get news and updates as the conference program develops–sign up for our conference newsletter
at: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/content/home.

We hope to see you in Portland next May!

Chad Fowler and the RailsConf 2008 Conference Team

P.S. Remember, proposals are due by midnight December 13, 2007: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/cfp/6

For exhibition and sponsorship opportunities contact Yvonne Romaine at yromaine at oreilly dot com

For media and promotional partner opportunities contact Avila Reese at mediapartners at oreilly dot com