Registration opens today for first official Merb community gathering in
October
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Engine Yard, provider of the
leading Ruby and Rails deployment platform, today announced its sponsorship of
MerbCamp, the first official gathering of the Merb community, which takes
place October 11-12 on the University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
campus. Registration opens today at http://www.merbcamp.com.
Starting October 8, Merb core team members will be on the ground in San
Diego to put the final touches on the Merb 1.0 release. Interested developers
are invited to participate and stay through MerbCamp.
This year's inaugural MerbCamp is organized by SD Ruby, San Diego's Ruby
community, and will feature keynotes from Engine Yard co-founder and Merb's
creator, Ezra Zygmuntowicz, as well as Merb developer and maintainer Yehuda
Katz.
Merb, the open source Rails-inspired MVC framework, is fast, light, and
agile. Thread-safe and engineered to handle multiple requests quickly and
efficiently, Merb is easy to understand, maintain, and extend, with its
well-organized and simple core code. Engine Yard sponsors development of the
Merb project.
"Advancements in Merb depend on the innovation and activity that are the
hallmarks of the Ruby community," said Zygmuntowicz. "Merb's best qualities
are that it's approachable and hackable -- it can do anything you want.
That's the kind of vibe I'm expecting to see at MerbCamp -- there will be some
instructional sessions, but also a lot of group discussion on what Merb can do
and where developers think it should go from here."
For more information and to register for MerbCamp 2008, please visit
http://www.merbcamp.com. For more information on Merb, please visit
http://www.merbivore.com.
About Engine Yard
Engine Yard provides the platform and expert support for deploying Ruby
and Rails applications to the cloud, giving customers the peace of mind and
stability needed for building sites and applications on demand. Engine Yard
has a track record of hiring expert talent and fostering open-source
innovation, including stewardship of the Rubinius (http://www.rubini.us) and
Merb (http://www.merbivore.com) projects. Headquartered in San Francisco,
Calif., Engine Yard was founded in 2006 and is backed by Benchmark Capital,
New Enterprise Associates, and Amazon.com. Visit http://www.engineyard.com.
SOURCE Engine Yard
Chantal Yang of Page One PR, +1-650-565-9800, ext. 752,
engineyard@pageonepr.com, for Engine Yard; or Patrick Crowley,
+1-912-247-8089, patrick@mokolabs.com, for MerbCamp
