In 2008/09, Scotland on Rails ran a bootcamp tutorial in advance of our Ruby conference. We paid for the venue, the speakers donated their time for free, and all the money paid for attendance went directly to charity.

Together, we’ve raised more than TEN THOUSAND POUNDS for the Children’s Hospice Association, which provides respite care for terminally ill children who will not live to adulthood, and support for their families.

There are two tutorials running in parallel this year.

An introductory session for those newer to Ruby and/or Rails. This covers the basics of getting an application up and running, as well as going beyond the basics into adding fancier features like Ajax.

There’s also a slightly more advanced tutorial for those with a little more experience. This tutorial is geared around refactoring existing Rails applications and assumes a basic familiarity with Ruby and Rails.

When you register, you can choose EITHER kind of ticket. Each tutorial requests a minimum 75UKP donation for the Childrens Hospice ( CHAS ) be made at this JustGiving page.

You must register here first, to be assured of your place as donations made without a ticket do not guarantee entrance to the tutorial and donations cannot be refunded.

Please also make your donation before the day arrives so we have an accurate list of who’s going to what.

If you only see one kind of ticket, its because the other event is sold out. We may add more seats if we can. but we can’t guarantee it.

When?

The event will run the day before the conference, Thursday March 25th at Pollock Halls in Edinburgh, 9-5(ish).

Sign Up!

If you have any queries, please contact us on conference@scotlandonrails.com.