Have a suggestion for a topic or speaker for RailsConf 2009? Leave your suggestion here:
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28 votes
BDD - Cucumber
Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber (http://cukes.info/) and other tools (WebRat, Selenium, RSpec).
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9 votes
Implementation Patterns in Rails
Based on the work of Kent Beck identify idioms, implementation patterns, Rails Way and best practices for RoR
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7 votes
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6 votes
Merb as part of Rails 3.0
This is a must have for Railsconf 2009. Who can we call?
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6 votes
Rails and legacy databases
tips and tricks to play nice together when you can’t 0wnz0r the database
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6 votes
Coding Dojo
participants solve a software problem together – format is described in detail at http://codingdojo.org/ – essentially, participants take turns pair programming in front of the group with structured commentary/feedback allowed – this is an absolutely fantastic way for people to get a chance to se... more
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6 votes
Acceptance Driven Development
Is it enough to use acceptance testing at different levels to guarantee the correct functioning of the system? are mocks necessary always or only in specific situations? is there a better way to improve the design of our application than writing tests? what are the tools available to help us in i... more
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3 votes
We need 3 learning tracks, beginner Intermediate advanced
The current "one experience level" fits all just doesn't work. Rails is very complex and it is difficult to design a session for everyone that is not too elementary or too advanced. I believe that many people shy away from RailsConf because they feel it is too advanced and they will be ... more
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2 votes
User Experience and Performance
How fast a page render is become more and more critical as the line between the desktop and web start to blur. One speaker I would like to see is Nicole Sullivan who has given a number of talks based around perceived performance impacts on page rendering, how to solve improvement page rendering s... more
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2 votes
Image processing in JRuby
Image processing and possible java replacements for rMagick could be discussed in the JRuby tutorial or as a separate session.
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1 votes
David A Black
Any subject that he would be willing to discuss, 5 string cello included. The man has an incredible ability to communicate. I would love to see him do a session on Restful Routes.
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1 votes
Open Source Project
the Agile conference has a room set aside where anyone can come in and sit down and pair program on a real project for a non-profit that might not have the money to pay for such development. Requires selecting a worthy project and setting aside a room with 5 to 10 pairing stations.
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1 votes
Intro to Rails tutorial
Spend three hours getting your head around MVC, Ruby/Rails differences, what files are where, etc. to get newbies on board and ready to dive in to the sessions. This could be a walk through of the example apps in AWDWR (maybe the PragProg guys would want to host it?), or any kind of building a ba... more
