This group is for organizing and conducting the Chicago Ruby On Rails Women's Outreach workshops. The goal is to increase gender diversity in the Ruby community by helping women learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails. The workshops are geared to help, primarily, women learn Ruby On Rails. It is a free workshop and any level of experience is accepted. Anything from "I have never coded before in my life" to "I have been doing this for years and just want to see what is up with this Ruby on Rails thing" will …

This group is for builders of Rails apps, from independent devs, to small teams, to small business teams: just be actually building something. Get together with other builders, collaborate, pair program, discuss deployment platforms, and participate in hacking sessions. This group is not for tutorials, or people looking primarily for a "teach me Rails" group. This group is for builders, not simply people playing around with the framework, or evaluating Rails in a cursory manner. So do you have t …

ChicagoRuby is a group of Ruby on Rails enthusiasts with events in downtown Chicago and in the suburbs. We post our videos on Vimeo. Looking for a Rails conference in Chicago? Check out WindyCityRails, produced by ChicagoRuby. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!