XTech 2006: “Building Web 2.0” — 16-19 May 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Matt Biddulph
hackdiary
Matt is a freelance software developer and creative technologist based in London. Formerly of the BBC and the Press Association, he specialises in web applications, distributed computing and digital media.
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Tutorial
Volmer 1
Matt Biddulph (hackdiary), Edd Dumbill (Useful Information Company)
Ruby on Rails is a framework for rapidly and elegantly developing database-backed web applications. This tutorial provides an overview of all Rails features, from AJAX to Apache, demonstrating how development time can be significantly reduced.
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Grand Ballroom
Matt Biddulph (hackdiary)
This session will explore the work that went into converting the BBC's programme catalogue database from an internal green-screen application into a public Web 2.0 application using Ruby on Rails.