Hey RailsConf goers! You won't want to miss Jerry Cheung, co-author of the just-released MacRuby in Action book and Senior Engineer at Intridea present "Evented Ruby vs Node.js" Tuesday afternoon!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the MacRuby in Action eBook giveaway today!

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MacRuby In Action, a new book that teaches Ruby developers how to code OS X applications in Ruby, was released this week through Manning Publications. Jerry Cheung, a senior engineer at Intridea authored the book alongside Brendan Lim and Jeremy McAnally.

In the book you'll explore key Cocoa design patterns, along with a few twists that MacRuby makes possible. You'll also pick up high-value techniques including system scripting, automated testing practices, and getting your apps ready for the Mac App Store. It was written for Rubyists. No experience with Cocoa, Objective-C, or Mac OS X is required!

This month we're sponsoring MoDevUX and joining pioneers in mobile design and development at an event created to focus specifically on user experience and design for mobile.

Can you believe it? It's actually time to start writing the code for your gem! Now, in this part of the guide you'll be more "on your own" than up to this point. I don't know what kind of open source library you're writing, whether it's an extension to an existing library, a simple utility, or a complex, sprawling project that will change the face of development forever. What I do know, however, is that there are some common things that you may want to do that have community best practices attached.

Nothing beats coding amidst a backdrop of mountains with snowcapped peaks, especially when it's done alongside some of the greatest and friendliest Ruby developers in the country.