MY EXPERIENCES WITH RUBY

VISHNU GOPAL

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SV.CO

www.sv.co

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME,

Vishnu Gopal

MY EXPERIENCES WITH RUBY

GOT EXPOSED TO RUBY WHEN RAILS STARTED BECOMING POPULAR. (2005)

WORKED EXTENSIVELY TO SCALE SLIDESHARE.

WORKED AT DATASIFT INC. IN THE UK.

USED RUBY FOR QUICK PROTOTYPING.

BEEN LEADING TECHNOLOGY TEAMS AT MOBME & SV.CO

WE'VE USED RUBY FOR EVERYTHING FROM CLIENT-FACING WEBSITES (RAILS) TO BACKEND SERVICES THAT WORK BEHIND MOBILE RECHARGES (USSD)

IN ALL, OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RUBY.

WHAT CAN YOU USE RUBY FOR?

WHAT CAN’T YOU USE RUBY FOR?

SERIES OF DEMOS & LINKS

1. SIMPLE CALCULATOR

2. MAKE A GAME

3. WRITE A COMPILER

4. DEVELOP LONG-RUNNING SERVICES

6. IVR AND VOICE CALLS.

7. BUILD MOBILE APPS.

8. REPLACE JAVASCRIPT

9. BUILD PDFS FOR PRINTING & VIEWING ONLINE

10. BUILD WEB APPS.

OVERALL: VERY VERSATILE LANGUAGE. FUN.

WHY?

THERE’S A JAPANESE CONCEPT CALLED 和 “WA”

和 “WA” = HARMONY

RUBY IS INCLUSIVE. TIMTOWDI.

RUBY IS FLEXIBLE.

PUBLIC SLACK: WWW.SV.CO/ABOUT/SLACK

FINIS. QUESTIONS?