MagRails Conference

Manchester's first Agile & Ruby on Rails Conference

Keynotes from Aaron Patterson and Rachel Davies

Friday, 14th October 2011 at The Hive, Manchester with a DoJo day on the 15th October 2011

Thanks to all the Sponsors for making MagRails possible, and from them to you, here are some gifts to say thanks for coming.
MagRails T-Shirt from OnTheBeach and Brightbox, MagRails Mug from OnTheBeach, $15 CodeSchool Voucher, 3 Months of FreeAgent, 30% yearly discount from Jaconda.im, PeepCode download credit, 20% PragProg discount, 50% Apress eBook discount, 2 months of Prefinery Bronze, Apollo Project and Contact Management Voucher, Drink from Github
... Also up for grabs are 5 RubyMine Licences and 10 eBooks from PragProg ...

The MagRails Social

North West Ruby User Group

7:30pm - Drinks at NoHo in the Northern Quarter

It’s a social meet this month, with a twist. In Honour of MagRails, the Manchester Agile Rails Conference, NWRUG are holding our meetup a week early. And we are sponsored by Engine Yard! Come for talk on Ruby, Rails and other interesting topics, as well as mixing with your fellow conference delegates. NWRUG are moving this months NWRUG forward a week in order to coincide with the MagRails conference, and NWRUG are throwing a pre-conference party in it’s honour! NWRUG have already secured sponsorship from Engine Yard so there will be money behind the bar for drinks. Anyone is welcome to come join, whether you are at the conference or not. There will be much discussion regarding Ruby, Rails and recent events in the tech world, and is a perfect excuse to come and mingle with the conference delegates. Read More...

Proud Sponsors of MagRails 2011

Life Time Discount Code for each Attendee

Apollo is project and contact management done right. Using Apollo, you will realise that it's built to help you get things done, quickly and efficiently. With Apollo, you will always know where your projects, your contacts and your life are at and you will feel on top of everything — regardless of how hectic your schedule is.

We are constantly adding new features in Apollo. While you use it, you will be amazed to see that more and more functionalities will make your life easier. And if you have an idea, a feature request, or want to report an issue, we are here to help -- we listen to our users!

0830 - 0900 (30min) Arrival / Coffee 0900 - 0915 (15min) Introduction 0915 - 0955 (40min) Joe O'Brien Knowing when to break the rules. 1000 - 1035 (35min) Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing. 1040 - 1115 (35min) Sam Phillips Better Teams and Better Planning. 1115 - 1150 (30min) Coffee and Biscuits 1150 - 1225 (35min) Paul Battley Herding cats. 1230 - 1310 (40min) Rachel Davies The Quest for Agility. 1310 - 1400 (50min) Lunch 1400 - 1410 (10min) Tom Clements Faster Rails Tests 1415 - 1445 (30min) Lee Hambley Grown-up Web Application Deployment. 1450 - 1525 (35min) Bob Marshall #NoCV Recruitment. 1525 - 1555 (30min) Coffee 1555 - 1630 (35min) Ben Langfeld Talking to Rails. 1635 - 1710 (35min) Stevie Graham 1715 - 1755 (40min) Aaron Patterson Pattern Matching and Rails Routes. 1755 - 1815 (20min) Closing 1815 - 2200 (225min) Github Drinks

0830 - 0900 (30min) Arrival / Coffee
0900 - 0915 (15min) Introduction
0915 - 0955 (40min) Joe O'Brien Knowing when to break the rules.
1000 - 1035 (35min) Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing.
1040 - 1115 (35min) Sam Phillips Better Teams and Better Planning.
1115 - 1150 (30min) Coffee and Biscuits
1150 - 1225 (35min) Paul Battley Herding cats.
1230 - 1310 (40min) Rachel Davies The Quest for Agility.
1310 - 1400 (50min) Lunch
1400 - 1410 (10min) Tom Clements Faster Rails Tests
1415 - 1445 (30min) Lee Hambley Grown-up Web Application Deployment.
1450 - 1525 (35min) Bob Marshall #NoCV Recruitment.
1525 - 1555 (30min) Coffee
1555 - 1630 (35min) Ben Langfeld Talking to Rails.
1635 - 1710 (35min) Stevie Graham
1715 - 1755 (40min) Aaron Patterson Pattern Matching and Rails Routes.
1755 - 1815 (20min) Closing
1815 - 2200 (225min) Github Drinks

Group 1 If you really want to be in this group, with Kevin Rutherford, .	Group 2 If you really want to be in this group, with Jason Ayers, .
0900 - 0930 Arrival / Coffee 0930 - 0945 Introduction 0945 - 1100 Kevin Rutherford Everyone knows about the theory of constraints, right? No? Well, come to this workshop and work through some simple but compelling exercises to help you understand the basics of this powerful way to understand your processes. 1100 - 1115 Coffee 1115 - 1230 Kevin Rutherford Everyone knows about the theory of constraints, right? No? Well, come to this workshop and work through some simple but compelling exercises to help you understand the basics of this powerful way to understand your processes. 1230 - 1315 Lunch 1315 - 1445 Game of life Kata Pair with someone you don't know and do some "BDD like you mean it" to work towards a solution to a simple problem. Ping-pong: Test/Response-Test/Response-Test. After 30 minutes, discuss your solutions. Throw it away. Swap. Repeat. 1445 - 1500 Coffee 1500 - 1630 Question, Answer, Show, Tell 1630 - 1645 Closing	0900 - 0930 Arrival / Coffee 0930 - 0945 Introduction 0945 - 1100 Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing. 1100 - 1115 Coffee 1115 - 1230 Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing. 1230 - 1315 Lunch 1315 - 1445 Question, Answer, Show, Tell 1445 - 1500 Coffee 1500 - 1630 Game of life Kata Pair with someone you don't know and do some "BDD like you mean it" to work towards a solution to a simple problem. Ping-pong: Test/Response-Test/Response-Test. After 30 minutes, discuss your solutions. Throw it away. Swap. Repeat. 1630 - 1645 Closing
The StudioHive	The StudioHive

Group 1

If you really want to be in this group, with Kevin Rutherford, .

            Group 2
            
              If you really want to be in this group, with Jason Ayers, .

0900 - 0930 Arrival / Coffee
0930 - 0945 Introduction
0945 - 1100 Kevin Rutherford Everyone knows about the theory of constraints, right? No? Well, come to this workshop and work through some simple but compelling exercises to help you understand the basics of this powerful way to understand your processes.
1100 - 1115 Coffee
1115 - 1230 Kevin Rutherford Everyone knows about the theory of constraints, right? No? Well, come to this workshop and work through some simple but compelling exercises to help you understand the basics of this powerful way to understand your processes.
1230 - 1315 Lunch
1315 - 1445 Game of life Kata Pair with someone you don't know and do some "BDD like you mean it" to work towards a solution to a simple problem. Ping-pong: Test/Response-Test/Response-Test. After 30 minutes, discuss your solutions. Throw it away. Swap. Repeat.
1445 - 1500 Coffee
1500 - 1630 Question, Answer, Show, Tell
1630 - 1645 Closing

0900 - 0930 Arrival / Coffee
0930 - 0945 Introduction
0945 - 1100 Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing.
1100 - 1115 Coffee
1115 - 1230 Jason Ayers Optimal collaboration of coding and testing.
1230 - 1315 Lunch
1315 - 1445 Question, Answer, Show, Tell
1445 - 1500 Coffee
1500 - 1630 Game of life Kata Pair with someone you don't know and do some "BDD like you mean it" to work towards a solution to a simple problem. Ping-pong: Test/Response-Test/Response-Test. After 30 minutes, discuss your solutions. Throw it away. Swap. Repeat.
1630 - 1645 Closing