Upcoming Events?
Rails Camps are becoming regular fixtures in countries like Australia, UK, USA, Denmark and Poland. It would be awesome to see more happen elsewhere. Rails Camps happen because people make them happen. People like you.
Mt Cheeseman, New Zealand, February 2012
- When
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Starts on the afternoon of Friday February 10th and runs until the morning of Monday 13th.
- Where
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At Mt Cheeseman, a couple hours from Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Transportation
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Buses (no additional charge) leave Christchurch airport at around 4 PM on the Friday, and return from the campsite in the morning on the Monday. See here for matching flights from major cities.
- Can Haz?
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Registrations are now open.
- What to Bring
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- Clothes
- Laptop
- Camera
- Chargers
- Toothbrush & Toiletries
- Towel
- Sleeping Gear
- Earplugs
- Powerboard
- Your alcoholic beverages of choice
- Any medications you take regularly
- Snacks that you can’t live without
- Any data, files etc that you’d normally rely on getting from the Internet
- Seriously, there will be no Internet or Cellphone reception at the campsite.
- Get Involved
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Join the Rails Camp Google group or follow @railscamp_nz on Twitter for the latest news and announcements.
Previous Events
- Adelaide, Australia, January 2012
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- At Woodhouse, Piccadilly, just outside of Adelaide, Australia.
- Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain, Nov 2011
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- At Las Dehesas, Youth Hostel, Cercedilla, Madrid
- Hamburg, Germany, Oct 2011
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- At WERKHEIM Hamburg, Germany.
- Bryant Pond, ME, USA, Aug 2011
- Lake Ainsworth, AU, Jun 2011
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- 130 people
- cabins between Lake Ainsworth and the Pacific Ocean
- presentations on git, gems, APIs and more
- excellent coffee at Snapper's Corner
- Wisła, PL, Apr 2011
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- At Przedwiośnie, 2 hours out of Kraków.
- Approximately 60 people from Poland, Germany, England
- Wrote daily 4000 lines of code (including 2600 while drinking), which test coverage is at 100%.
- Drank 40 liters of Club Mate.
- Eaten 50 kilograms of pizzas.
- Eaten 120 sausages.
- Drank 20 liters of vodka.
- Got 250 euro from a deposit for returned beer bottles.
- Wellington, NZ, Mar 2011
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- Approximately 44 people from all over Australia and New Zealand
- An average of over 10 cups of coffee per person.
- sessions on coffeescript, engines, web servers, Vim and more.
- fireside chats and peaceful surrounds
- Lots of hacking on Refinery, Rails Quest and others.
- Perth, AU, Nov 2010
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- Approximately 120 people from all over Australia
- 15 minutes drive from Perth's CBD
- kegs of beer
- sessions on freelancing, mental health for developers, rvm, git, iPhone dev and more
- fireside chats
- many excellent hacking projects
- Stowe Vermont, USA, Sep 2010
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- Approximately 34 people from all over New England
- session on Agile Development headed by Dan Pickett
- The Seer managed to wipe out the entire village.
- Canberra, AU, Apr 2010
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- Approximately 120 people from all over Australia
- 10 minutes drive from Canberra's CBD
- kegs of beer
- sessions on vim, Carpets for Communities, CoffeeScript and more
- Andrew Grimm vs. Michael Jackson
- heated debate on the future of Railscamp
- West Greenwich, RI, USA, Mar 2010
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- Approximately 40 people from all over New England
- Melbourne, AU, Nov 2009
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- 130 people from all over Australia
- Down by the beach
- sessions on MacRuby, being a better Rails coder, testing with Cucumber, Shell Show & Tell, Vim, Warden, Kanban and more
- Brains Hacking
- Mob-driven Refactoring of Gistory
- An Amphitheatre
- Margate, Kent, UK, Oct 2009
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- 60 people from the all over Europe
- A Hostel all to ourselves
- sessions on Gems, Gemcutter & Jeweler, Cucumber, CouchDB and Sphinx
- Coding Dojo
- A plethora of Tims
- Epic Settlers
- Long walks along the beach
- Bryant Pond, ME, USA, Jul 2009
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- 30 people
- Shared holiday house in Maine
- sessions on gems and Gemcutter, localisation, CouchDB, rdoc.info, Ruby in the enterprise, Radiant and more
- Verandah Hacking
- Smores
- Frisbee
- Werewolf by firelight
- Twitter game discussions and hacking
- Gold Coast QLD, AU, May 2009
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- 80 people
- sessions on Cucumber, agile development and BDD, charity projects, and more
- The birth of Bananajour
- The continued evolution of Twetter and Duke
- Multiplayer Rubystein
- Wanderings, waterfalls and werewolf
- Piccadilly SA, AU, Nov 2008
- Naumburg, DE, Nov 2008
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- 20 people from Germany and Finland
- sessions about Cucumber, CouchDB, Agile Development, Factory Girl and more
- Svendborg, DK, Oct 2008
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- A dozen people from around Europe
- morning runs
- beautiful countryside
- Downe, Kent, UK, Aug 2008
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- 30 people from the UK, Europe and Australia
- sessions on CouchDB, RSpec, Ext JS, Sphinx and more.
- Outdoor hacking
- Late night werewolf
- William Shatner
- Kariong NSW, AU, Jun 2008
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- 55 people
- *jour gems coming into their own
- twetter for local-network twitter
- an unexpected arrival
- Bacchus Marsh VIC, AU, Nov 2007
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- 40 people
- 15 bottles of wine
- 15 cases of beer
- picturesque backdrop
- hungover hiking
- sessions on Ruby Cocoa, Git, Rspec, SCRUM and more
- half a dozen Ruby projects
- 1 leather man-kilt
- Somersby NSW, AU, Jun 2007
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- 33 bunkers
- 2 days of rain
- 2 crazy campers
- picturesque backdrop
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