David and Goliath, Ruby and the Enterprise

Ruby and Rails has already found itself in the code bases of Fortune 2000 companies, but it can take a lot of time and effort (and convincing), to get there. This talk will provide a lot of examples and stories of some of the battles we’ve fought in the space. My talk will go through:

• The current landscape of Ruby and Rails in the Enterprise.
• The common roadblocks that one will face when introducing Ruby/Rails into existing large scale systems.
• Solutions and approaches to the roadblocks that we’ve found that have worked.
• Enterprise Architecture examples, and how we fit Ruby/Rails into the fold.

Attendees of this talk will walk out feeling more comfortable moving Ruby/Rails into the Enterprise space. If we are prepared when approaching these opportunities, we’ll all benefit from a continuing influx of Ruby/Rails job offerings, and, the advancement and investment of both Ruby as a language and Rails as a framework.