Scottish Ruby User Group

The Scottish Ruby User Group is a collection of people who are linked with Scotland and have an interest in Ruby and, invariably, Ruby on Rails. We meet every month to have an informal chat about all things Ruby, occasionally with presentations from members and guests. Everybody is welcome and there are no subscriptions/costs involved. It’s just an informal chat over a beer with likeminded Rubyists.

Meetings

Unless something in particular has been organised, we meet on the third Thursday of the month from around 19:00 onwards, at Milnes Bar, 35 Hanover Street, Edinburgh (google map).  An area in room off to the side of the bar downstairs is usually booked for the meeting, so there will be plenty of space, food available and, of course, lovely beer. Everybody is welcome, and there is no need to register/let us know in advance. Just turn up and look for likely Rubyists.

Next Meeting

The next meeting is joining forces with Tech Meetup. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday 14th January, from 18:30 on the 8th floor of Appleton Tower, Crichton Street, Edinburgh. Graeme will be giving an introduction to Ruby on Rails to the rest of the Tech Meetup crew. There will also be beer and pizza on hand!

Mailing List / Google Group

You can subscribe to the mailing list using the ScotRUG Google Group information page. The list is for announcements of ScotRUG activities and general support/discussion about Ruby (and Ruby on Rails!). Feel free to post any questions you have; we’re an open and friendly community. As of the last time I checked, the mailing list has around 75 members.

IRC group

We now also have an IRC channel available. It’s pretty quiet at the moment, but I’m sure we’ll pick up a number of idlers now that it’s been announced. You can find us on irc.freenode.net in #scotrug.