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describe IowaRubyBrigade do
  before do
    @irb = IowaRubyBrigade.new
  end

  it "should be a user group" do
    @irb.should be_a_kind_of(UserGroup)
  end

  it "should meet monthly" do
    @irb.meeting_time.should == 
      'second Thursday of every month'
  end

  it "should be fun" do
    @irb.should be_fun
  end
end

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Next Meeting

February 2010

February 11, 2010

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Speaker

Levi Rosol / SportsLeeg

Topic

SportsLeeg - Adventures In My First Rails Application

SportsLeeg is the only site that offers premium levels of team management functionality and social interaction for people associated with high school and other amateur sports.

In this presentation Levi will talk about creating his first ever Rails application. From researching Rails, to building a business plan, to rolling the site out live and expanding the development team. The good, the bad and the ugly will get covered here.

Topics that will be covered:

How the SportsLeeg idea was formed
Rails vs. .Net
OS X vs Ubuntu vs Windows?
LovdByLess vs CommunityEngine
Heroku vs WebbyNode
Making time to build the project
Growing the team when you have no funding
Functionality of SportsLeeg today, and in the future

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Last updated Jan 20, 2010 at 09:56AM CST

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