Building Ruby Web Apps with Rack and Sinatra (and Hacker Hours) - Ruby Blind (New York, NY)

Interested in building Ruby web apps *off* Rails? Check out my talk this Wed on Rack and Sinatra:

I'm extremely proud to present Tom Black, U.S. Navy veteran, tech entrepreneur, and software developer, who will be presenting next week on building lightweight web apps with Rack and Sinatra. I had the pleasure of seeing him speak at the Flatiron School a few weeks ago and was blown away. Tom methodically and entertainingly leads you through the basics of the client/server relationship, and how Rack middleware and Sinatra's DSL can allow you to get your Ruby web app up and running in no time. For those of you just getting into Rails land, this is an eye-opening look at some of what is going on 'under the hood' in a rails app. Tom will be leading you through building simple Rack/Sinatra apps, so as usual be sure to bring your laptop, and of course there will be the customary cornucopia of pizza/beer.(NOTE: if you'd like a very basic overview of what Rack middleware and Sin...

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