* I agree with Josh: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced streams – if possible. Or breaking into smaller units per level for discussion
* More input, again if possible, on how Ror is being supported in the city or region. Is it increasing in its acceptance and use.
* How e-Commerce is being handled by Ror. Anymore gateways being accessible?

Much thanks to Matt B. for making people feel welcome, and of course fed! I’ve noticed developers can be a “ravenous” group –

Will check Mor regularly for news. And hope to be at the next meeting.

- Space: We all agree we need something more appropriate. I’ve put some feelers out, but please get in touch with me if you have any contacts that might be able to help us score a nice room for October.

- Wiki: Some have suggested a Wiki for: 1) Signups; 2) Questions; 3) Presentation Topics so it may make sense to put one up on this site. TBD when Carl returns from holidays.

- Round of quick presentations: I like the idea of people being able to share quick tips & tricks. I think we’ll try this for next month’s meeting – so start compiling your ideas. We’ll allow for as many as we have time for (and there is interest for) after the main presentations.

- Start time: I think it probably makes sense to start a little earlier, given that everyone was so diligent with being there on time. Will confirm.

- Fun: Terje’s idea of RRobot battle sounds fun to me! I’ll put this to the group at our next meeting to test the group’s interest in such an event.

As for future presentations, I’d love to see some beginner tutorials or some presentation about the business advantages to convince other local dev shops to move to Rails. I asked my guest to come to discover Rails but it may have been a little difficult to actually understand what was going on with the advanced presentation.

I enjoyed both presentations although my prog chops aren’t anywhere near MA’s in Ruby and Rails.

Maybe starting at 6 or 6.30 could help, as could the scheduling of the easier session at the start.

Looking forward to the next one and to a real Rails community.

My contact details are on YashLabs.

Best

Voici quelques suggestions:

* Bigger room for more people, but also more open space to make it easier to socialize, and a room where donuts are allowed
* Wiki on montrealonrails.com so people can post suggestions for topics that would interest them for presentations
* Maybe we can have a round of quick presentation (2-5 mins) if let’s say you want to present a small plugin or a ruby trick. This could help orient discussions after the main presentation. It would also allow more people to talk and present themselves, in a less intimidating way than a full blown presentation.
* Maybe someone is crazy enough to want to videotape the presentations?

Ce qui serait bien serait de peut-être parler de “découvertes” récentes, comme par example un nouveau plugin/gem qui vient de sortir et semble prometteur. Si personne ne le connait, peut-être qu’un(e) volontaire pourrait l’essayer et en parler au meeting suivant.

Bref, ce fût super, et j’ai bien hâte au prochain meeting.

P.S. HAML rocks! Je vais l’utiliser dans mon prochain projet. J’ai essayé le caching, et ca fonctionne pour le caching de page au complet (je n’ai pas essayé avec le caching des partial).