Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write. In this session Wes will explain what Ruby is, what you can do with it and he will tell a bit about the culture of the Ruby community.

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Wes Oldenbeuving is a curious and fast learning guy from Amsterdam, who has over three years of professional Ruby experience. He is an active member of the Amsterdam.rb and Utrecht.rb Ruby user groups. In September he started his own company, Narnach, to build interesting web sites and web services with Ruby.