Rails presentation and workshop at DayalBagh Educational Institute, Agra, India
Two weeks ago we went to DEI(DayalBagh Educational Institute) to present Ruby and Rails. We also had a whole day workshop there.
It was really a big fun. We (me and my colleagues Sur & Hemant ) enjoyed it very much. People (students of M.Sc, PGDCSA and course coordinator) were very interested in Ruby and Rails. These students had already worked on PHP/Perl. First day sur presented Ruby basics then I gave a brief introduction of Rails and MVC Architecture. This was my first ever public presentation.
I was feeling very nervous while starting but later I felt comfortable. Afterward we had ActiveRecord Basics by sur, me on ActionController and ActionView by Hemant. Next day in workshop we planned to get tada list done by students but due to some time constraints we could not finish tada list completely . Students were confused in starting but later on they got interest in the application. After the workshop they were amazed how easily things can be done as comparing to PHP/Perl. I should say thanks to Ritu for taking initiative for this presentation and workshop. She was also supposed to go there but she couldn’t go.
Web’s Horoscope for 2007
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Richard MacManus, Ebrahim Ezzy, Emre Sokullu, Alex Iskold and Rudy De Waele have made predictions of the trends to be followed in 2007 by web community. You will see Web 2.0 in its full blow in 2007. Wanna see the web2.0 speeding towards web 3.0 … jus follow the latest drift this year. Read all the predictions here. I am looking forward for the year of Google, Seach 2.0, RSS and of course last but not the least Rails 1.2  |
Most awaited moment…
Tomorrow will be the our first working day in our new office at Gurgaon. We were planing to move since last year, but due to some reason we couldn’t. Now we are finally moving to our new office ;-) . Now we have enough space to hire people. If you are looking for a job/change or want to work on cutting edge web technology (Spec. Ruby on Rails), send me your resume at akhil at vinsol.com so that i can forward it for further considerations. If you don’t know ruby/rails no probs at all, Freshers OK.
Cheers…
Uploading files using AJAX
There is no way to upload files using AJAX. How Gmail does it then? Well, the answer is using <iframe>. Here is a post that describe this technique in detail. Infact we are using this technique from months, obviously inspired by Gmail. ;-)
My new HP Pavillion DV2117 Notebook
My new Notebook
Configuration:
Intel Core Duo Processor 1.66 GHz, Intel 945GM Chipset, 2 MB L2 Cache / 533 MHz 
FSB, 1 GB PC2-4200 (533 MHz) DDR2, 100 GB Serial ATA, 150 MB/ Sec @5400 RPM, 8X SuperMulti Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD +RW/ +R Writer, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950; DVMT 3.0 – Up to 128 MB, 14.1″ WideScreen (WXGA) with BrightView Technology, Windows XP Media Center Edition, 1 year limited global warranty, Integrated Bluetooth HP Module, IEEE 802.15 Standard, Integrated 802.11a/b/g, Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG, Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers, 5-In-1 Digital Media Reader (Secure Digital, Multi-media card, Memory stick, Memory stick pro and xD picture card), Integrated 56K Modem, HP Imprint Finish – Wave Pattern, Capacitive Buttons – Backlit with touch technology, 2 Headphone Jacks, Wired Headset, HP QuickPlay Direct, HP Mobile ExpressCard Remote Control, Integrated 1.3 Megapixel webcam, Microphones, Next Gen Express Card/54 Slot, Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security 2006 (Includes 60 days live updates)
