This session answers the question many people are wanting to ask: Why Ruby? Why should I invest in learning another language? There is a lot of talk about IronRuby, and Ruby on Rails, but no one is really giving the compelling answer to this question. In this talk I will walk through the killer features that make this language worth looking at. Drawing upon our years of production Ruby experience, I will demonstrate the things that draw so many people to this language, show what makes it tick, and why you should spend more time learning it.

Presented by Joe O'Brein

Joe is a father, speaker, author and developer. Before helping found EdgeCase, LLC, Joe was a developer with ThoughtWorks and spent much of his time working with large J2EE and .NET systems for Fortune 500 companies. He has spent his career as a developer, project manager, and everything in between. Joe is a passionate member of the open source community. He co-founded the Columbus Ruby Brigade and helped organize the Chicago Area Ruby Users Group. His passions are Agile Development in the Enterprise, Ruby, and demonstrating to the Fortune 500 the elegance and power of this incredible language.