Comments on: Ruby on Rails UAE Meetup in Dubai

By: m1ke

m1ke — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:20:15 +0000

Heya,

When is the next RoR Dubai meeting? :)

Thank you, and keep up the great work
Michael

By: Ibrahim

Ibrahim — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:01:56 +0000

I am glad to know about spinbits and to read about your websites projects. It’s my first time to know about it. I am a web developer from Egypt. I will subscribe to your google group to know more about UAE rails community and I wish you all the luck with your promising company.

Thanks for the simply_searchable plugin btw, and keep the good work coming ;)

By: Mahmoud M'HIRI

Mahmoud M'HIRI — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:56:23 +0000

Salem!

I’m one of the few railers in Tunisia. Companies here are relying too much on php and rarely turn to Rails (or what ever cutting edge technology!).

I’m writing the comment to ask for a quick and short report of the last Dubai Rails meeting.. Hope you weren’t lonely Rida ;)

By: Rida

Rida — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:59:19 +0000

@Hasham,
Thanks for stopping by.
You can join our google group, you can find some interesting stuff there, many people are asking on how Rails is catching up in UAE and what companies or offer are out there, it’s the best way to stay up to date on how things are going.

By: Hasham

Hasham — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:26:35 +0000

I am leading team here at Confiz, the biggest Ruby shop here in Pakistan. I would be interested in Rails work opportunities in UAE. It would be great to see rails oriented companies and companies hiring railers in UAE. Can you keep me posted on how many companies are working out there any work opportunities.

By: Dr Nic

Dr Nic — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:24:03 +0000

I shall stay tuned! :)

By: Rida

Rida — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:58:30 +0000

@Dr Nic:
Thanks for stopping by and for your comment.
One of the main reasons we want to meet other Railers is to see if there are other companies that do Rails in town. I will try to post about that after the meetup on Wednesday ;)

By: Dr Nic

Dr Nic — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:11:06 +0000

Each group is moved into action by different things, but mostly its by one person. In Stockholm, the meetings were just social chit-chat at the pub for a long time. Then bit by bit they introduced meetings where people did presentations. Amsterdam’s meetings are still just coffee meetings. Brisbane, Australia has irregular meetings that are presentation based. Summary: to have more meetings you just put them on the calendar! :P

How many local companies are using RoR do you think? Or just freelancers and enthusiasts?