Finding Good Rails Training in Your Area

Posted by jeff Tuesday, August 19, 2008 01:25:00 GMT

I just wanted to take a quick moment to recognize the Ruby On Rails Workshops site. It’s provided by Geoffrey Grosenbach. It’s been around for as long as I can remember (ok, probably since 2006, I guess?), and always lists the top-notch events that are happening in the Ruby/Rails world.

I really like the way you can filter the results by country. Or use the calendar to quickly get a monthly listing (and even hover over a date in the calendar to see what classes are on that day).

For example, here are the workshops coming up in the US.

Thanks to Geoffrey for continuing to maintaining the site and continuing to make it available as a service to the Ruby and Rails communities.

Ready to learn all about REST with Rails? Our next workshop is coming up fast (Oct 4, 2008), so register now before all the seats are taken.

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  1. Tomas Jogin   August 19, 2008 @ 09:56 AM

    You don’t have to find people in your area. The other week, I tutored a couple of guys eight timezones away. Thanks to iChat AV and collaborative editing with subethaedit, it went quite smooth and was a success all around. They said the learned more in that sitting about Rails than they ever had before.

  2. Jeff   August 19, 2008 @ 12:21 PM

    Hi Tomas,

    Online training can work well, depending on the format of the training and the given audience. I think it’s great that you’re able to help people who would otherwise be unable to meet you in person, given their long distance away.

    I’ve found most people learn best in a real-world setting. At our workshops, the in-person, live group setting adds to the learning experience in a way that just can’t be replicated online.

    At our upcoming REST workshop, for example, we know that it’s not free and that many people will have to travel to the class. As a result, there’s usually a high level of commitment, energy, and camaraderie from everyone in the room. That makes it really fun and really worthwhile for everyone.

    Still, my main point of the post was more to simply recognize the Ruby on Rails Workshops site as a valuable, free resource that Topfunky makes available to the community.