Pragmatic Studio

June Studio Discounts End Soon

Just a heads-up that early bird registration (save $300) ends this Friday, May 9th for the Advanced Rails and TDD with Rails Studios in Denver, CO. These Studios are offered back-to-back the same week for folks looking to get up to date on all the latest Rails development and testing techniques. If you sign up for both Studios, you also qualify for the $300 alumni discount on the second Studio. Yup, that means if you sign up early and attend both Studios, you save a total of $900.

Hope to see you there!

Advanced Ruby Early Bird Discount Ends Soon

The Advanced Rails Studios in Reston are sold out, but we still have a few seats available for Advanced Ruby in Reston on May 8-10. Don't miss an opportunity to learn advanced Ruby techniques from Dave Thomas and Chad Fowler. Early bird registration ends this Friday, April 11th.

Another Double-Header

We're offering another back-to-back Studio combo in June: Test-Driven Development with Rails immediately followed by Advanced Rails. Sign up for both and save yourself the time and expense of two trips.

Test-Driven Development with Rails

June 9-11 in Denver, CO

Get oriented in the testing mindset with a solid foundation of practices, and then quickly build on those with advanced techniques and tools. You'll experience a powerful synergy between testing and design that helps you write better software, faster! Register by April 18th and save $300.

Advanced Rails

June 12-14 in Denver, CO

Take your Rails game to the next level by learning cutting-edge techniques used by the experts. As a result, you'll get your web application online quicker and have it stand above the crowd! Register by April 18th and save $300.

Thanks for your continued support. We hope to see you this summer!

Double-Header Advanced Studios

Take a double-header (literally) with two back-to-back advanced Studios in one week. In May, we're offering an Advanced Rails Studio immediately followed by an Advanced Ruby Studio. Sign up for both and save yourself the time and expense of two trips.

Advanced Rails

May 5-7 in Reston, VA

Take your Rails game to the next level by learning cutting-edge techniques used by the experts. As a result, you'll get your web application online quicker and have it stand above the crowd! Register by March 31st and save $200!

Advanced Ruby

May 8-10 in Reston, VA

Dive deep into the source of Ruby's power and learn advanced Ruby features that will make you and your project shine! Register by March 31st and save $200!

Thanks for your continued support. We hope to see you this spring!

Advanced Rails Studio Registration Open

We just opened registration for the next Advanced Rails Studio coming to Reston, VA on April 16-18. Combine it with the Ruby Studio in February and the Rails Studio in March, and you'll get the ultimate Rails training package!

Sorry, the Erlang Studio has sold out. We hope to offer another one soon...

Thanks for your continued support!

Early 2008 Studios

Just a quick reminder before the end of the year...

We have a new Ruby Studio coming up on February 27-29th, taught by Dave Thomas and Chad Fowler. They'll help you get up to speed on object-oriented programming with Ruby. It's an ideal course if you're new to the language, need a comprehensive refresher, or plan to start a Rails project. Speaking of which, we also have a Rails Studio coming up on March 10-12th, not long after the Ruby Studio.

Details and registration info are at:

http://pragmaticstudio.com

Save $200 by signing up by January 11th.

We hope you'll join us for some Ruby/Rails fun, and perhaps enjoy skiing in the Rocky Mountains while you're at it!

Why Erlang?

Back in the old days, we were well advised to learn one general-purpose programming language really well. It worked great for most of the problems we had to solve, and when it fell short we relied on our mastery of the language to stretch it as far as possible. That is, we made compromises. Ruby, for example, makes light work of many tasks, but it doesn't exactly excel when it comes to concurrency.

Nowadays we also have a number of specialized languages to choose from, so we don't have to make those compromises. Erlang, for example, was designed from the ground up for applications that need to be highly concurrent, distributed, and fault-tolerant.

Both languages have a place, today and in the future. And in a recent Dr. Dobb’s Journal interview, Joe Armstrong describes why we need a language like Erlang.

Joe Armstrong on Erlang

If you're wondering what's with all the Erlang fuss, you owe it to yourself to watch or listen to a recent interview with Joe Armstrong by Channel 9 at the JAOO conference. The audio/video quality isn't spectacular and it starts out kinda slow, but hang in there. It turns into a very enjoyable discussion about Erlang, functional programming, concurrency, and where we may be headed.

Joe will be traveling from Sweden to teach the Erlang Studio with Dave Thomas in February. Come get your questions answered in person!

Learn a New Language in the New Year

If you're looking to learn a new language in the new year, we have two new Studios just for you!

Erlang

February 13-15 in Chicago, IL

Get ahead of the curve by learning functional programming with Erlang now from one of the creators, Joe Armstrong, and another great teacher, Dave Thomas. There simply isn't a better duo of instructors to teach you how to start building highly parallel, distributed, and fault-tolerant applications. Be ready to answer the computing demands of the future by gaining hands-on experience, tips, and techniques from the experts.

We expect this premiere Studio to sell quickly, so sign up early to secure your seat and save $200!

Ruby

February 27-29 in Denver, CO

Update your programming skills with the language that's taking the industry by storm: Ruby. By gaining a solid foundation for writing clean, elegant Ruby programs, you'll be in a better position to work with Rails or JRuby. Learn from two renowned Ruby experts, teachers, and master programmers: Dave Thomas and Chad Fowler. They're eager to help you rediscover the joy of programming!

Take the first step toward your new year's resolution to learn Ruby, and save $200 by registering before December 31st.

 

Thanks for your continued support. We hope to see you soon!

MicroPlace

Josh Susser attended (and helped organize) one of the early Pragmatic Studios when he was just learning about Ruby on Rails. He went on to write a very popular Rails blog, speak at RailsConf, contribute patches to Rails, and generally become one of the luminaries in the Rails world.

Josh recently helped build MicroPlace, which launched last week. MicroPlace is a microfinance investing site that allows you to make small loans to hard-working entrepreneurs in developing countries. It's a great cause and the new site has the potential to change the lives of millions of people around the globe. And if you're looking for an example of Rails used in the enterprise, MicroPlace is the first SEC-registered online brokerage implemented in Ruby on Rails and its owned by eBay. See Josh's blog for more details. We hope he gives a talk on the project soon. :-)

Congrats, Josh!