Build your Web Applications most efficiently at Ruby on Rails I Bootcamp in Frankfurt, August 23-27, 2010

Responding to the ongoing success of both Ruby on Rails as a strong solution for building Web applications and its practical and comprehensive training classes, Big Nerd Ranch Europe announces the next opportunity to participate in its Ruby on Rails I Bootcamp, August 23-27, 2010. The class is held at the historic monastery "Kloster Eberbach", a location free of distraction near Frankfurt, Germany.

Students who register by July 19, 2010 get the early bird class price and save Euro 200.

Ruby on Rails I Bootcamp is designed specifically for developers, web designers, and project managers interested in creating robust and efficient web-based, database-driven applications for the Internet, as well as developing stable intranet and extranet solutions. Ruby on Rails with its robust framework has obtained a tremendous popularity among Web developers in recent years. Ruby on Rails I Bootcamp is an intensive five-day Ruby on Rails training course that places Ruby within the Rails context, led by acclaimed instructor Charles B. Quinn.

Charles has been teaching this course at Big Nerd Ranch for several years, now, and is constantly collecting excellent feedback from students and clients. He is a freelance consultant and Partner at Highgroove Studios, a firm providing custom web 2.0 development, and Ruby on Rails consulting. He is also a founder of Slingshot Hosting for Ruby on Rails business hosting, and an active member of the Ruby on Rails community. With experience in large-scale development and deployment of database-backed web applications, he brings practical and hands-on knowledge of real-word practices and patterns.

The class focuses on how Rails leverages the simplicity and power of Ruby to create powerful, database-driven web applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Mastering the Ruby language
• Understanding Rails components like ActiveRecord, ActionPack, ActionMailer, and ActiveSupport
• Understanding the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern and how Ruby on Rails conventions encourage efficient design
• Creating new and maintaining existing Ruby on Rails applications, from installation to deployment using Capistrano
• Understanding how ActionPack's ActionView simplifies web interfaces through layouts, partials, helpers, and ERb templates
• Building and manipulating XML Documents by generating RSS feeds and creating Web Services
• Creating and running Tests using built-in processes such as unit tests, functional tests, fixtures, assertions, and validations
• Avoiding Security pitfalls and deployment problems
• Creating rich and dynamic interfaces with AJAX libraries
• and many more

Read more about Ruby on Rails I Bootcamp (including the complete syllabus) and our instructor Charles B. Quinn.

At Big Nerd Ranch Europe we run intensive training classes for programmers in a retreat setting outside Frankfurt, Germany. Class price of Euro 2800 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and transportation to and from the Frankfurt International airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call +49 (9333) 903 901 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.