Indianapolis Ruby Users Group (IRUG)! Jan 10, 01:26 AM

IRUG

I’ve been to many “User’s Groups” before and I am a member of the local Central Indiana Impreza Club. It is great to develop a group of friends who are passionate about something and I’ve had a lot of fun and made nice friends with some of the local Subaru people. It is nice to have a network of people who can help out with just about anything imaginable that you would need for your car. I’ve wanted a local group where I can discuss the Ruby programming language ever since I started learning Ruby back in early 2004. For me Ruby has opened the doorway to that part of me that used to love programming and had fun doing it. I like to call it “Adult LEGOs”. I can only hope that there are others in Indianapolis who like Ruby just as much.

So I’ve created an account on Meetup.com and started the Indianapolis Ruby Users Group!

I am excited because a part of me is, of course, imagining that all sorts of Ruby users who have been “sneaking Ruby through the system” for years will come out of the woodwork, join the meeting, and get caught RedHanded. Those familiar with the Ruby community will know exactly what I am talking about.

Then there is the cynical side of me that says that nobody will show up. Maybe I should schedule it at my favorite coffee shop and bring my new copy of Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd edition with me and read up on all the fun I can have with Integration testing or something. After all, none of my projects have 100% code coverage (I am embarrassed to actually disclose the real amount of coverage).