Past meeting
It's Not Magic: Programming for Non-Programmers
(15 ratings)
Meeting Description
Organized by
- Joe Fiorini and Joseph James Frantz (Point and Clicker)
Details
Have you ever used a website where you enter some information and it magically remembers what you enter? Or what about listening to programmers talk about "databases" and "code"? Come and hear Joe Fiorini, an experienced web developer, explain what "programming" is and how it can help your web site. You will learn how to use object-oriented programming to get information from a form to a database, and from a database back out to a screen. Don't know what a database is? No problem! He will explain that too!
If you already know all about programming, never fear! Joe will also be showing how to get started using Ruby on Rails, a growing and extremely popular framework for quickly writing web applications.
Speaker bio: Joe Fiorini is a web developer with 8 years of experience in programming for web sites. He has been using HTML and CSS since 1997. Currently he works for Telligent System (the creators of Community Server) as a Software Development Engineer; he develops and maintains sites for Microsoft?s developer community. Previously he worked for Tenth Floor, an interactive marketing company, as a Senior Web Developer. He has delivered technology presentations at various user groups, and to employees at Harley-Davidson and Progressive Insurance.
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Who Attended
It's estimated that 52 people attended.
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endunham
"I am not sure because I am not a technical person, but it was a bit too technical for me and I became overwhelmed. I've recently got familiar with how framework, xhtml and CSS work together. So, the first part of the presentation, which was talked about back-end technical programming information, scared me a bit. It was hard for me to picture how it works since I am very visual oriented person :) I wish I could catch up with all details that Joe presented. It was a fun presentation though. I learned a lot and feel like learning more about Ruby by books or online. I appreciate Joe's hard work and well-prepared presentation!" -
gil kudrin
"good stuff !" -
Chris Hattery
"Joe did a great job of explaining the basics of programming." -
Shelby Poston
"The overview of Ruby was great. " -
Brad Dielman
"Great presentation by Joe Fiorini. Walked away with a better understanding the basics of Ruby and what developers have to do to get the data to the front-end." -
Dana
"Really great presentation. Very informative." -
bob Collett
"Great presentation. I lost connectivity when you made the transition to Ruby on Rails. "
Brad Colbow
"Joe's presentation was very well researched and very helpful to those of us without a lot of programing experience."