The Beauty of Ruby

Many people love Ruby at first sight, and some never learn to like it at all. But the most common reaction is a middle ground: at first glance it seems like nothing special, but after using it for a while, subtle strengths start to become apparent and the language grows on you. In this talk, I'll attempt to accelerate that process a little bit.

The point of the talk is not to belittle other languages or to claim that Ruby is the best possible language. Instead, I will demonstrate some of the subtle beauty that experienced Rubyists know and love.

About Glenn Vanderburg

Glenn Vanderburg is a principal at Relevance, where he is focused on cutting-edge software development technologies and techniques. He brings more than 20 years of experience developing software across a wide range of domains, and using a variety of tools and technologies. Glenn is always searching for ways to improve the state of software development, and was an early adopter and proponent of Ruby, Rails, and agile practices.

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