B'more on Rails is a community of Baltimore folks who use the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails application framework. We meet monthly and welcome newcomers of all experience levels, whether you've never touched Ruby or have been using it for years. http://www.bmoreonrails.org / http://twitter.com/bmoreonrails B'more on Rails is dedicated to a harassment-free meetup experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: http://www.meetup.com/bmore-on-rails/pages/B%27m …

This is a great group for I.T. Professionals to meet outside of the office to relax, socialize, talk about sports, politics, life, and the ever growing world of Information Technology. We emphasize finding new friends and associates with similar backgrounds to network with and do exciting things. Dinners, forums, happy hours, adventures, sporting events, and yes, parties are just a few of the types of activities we will partake.

In each meeting we will discuss: common design patterns that can improve your application code; software development principles that underlie many design patterns; best practices in application design and development; frameworks that support best practices. Applying these patterns and practices in real-world applications can be a lot trickier than understanding them conceptually, so we will encourage you to bring in application design problems that you have been struggling with, or solutions t …