• Read more about RailsConf 2012 - Evented Ruby vs Node.js

Hey RailsConf goers! You won't want to miss Jerry Cheung, co-author of (the just-released) MacRuby in Action book and Senior Engineer at Intridea present "Evented Ruby vs Node.js" Tuesday afternoon!

While Node.js is the hot new kid on the block, evented libraries like EventMachine for Ruby and Twisted for Python have existed for a long time. When does it make sense to use one over the other? What are the advantages and disadvantages to using node over ruby? In this talk, you will learn how to get the same power of concurrency enjoyed by Node.js while continuing to write in the language you know and love. Topics covered will include pubsub with redis or faye, building evented rack applications, and running evented applications alongside existing Rails apps.

Jerry will be in Salon K at 2:30 pm tomorrow.

Keep it weird, Austin Rails!

• Read more about MoDevUX - Brian Lacey gives a talk on "Understanding HTML 5 Mobile Frameworks"

Today your clients are requiring that their website be more than just desktop compliant but that their website also provides a rich mobile experience that is optimized for smart-phones and tables. In this talk we will outline multiple HTML 5 Mobile Frameworks which use different approaches to responsive design layouts, how to take advantage of smart-phone features like touch, swipe, css3 and animations and best practices to display content across multiple screen sizes. In particular, we will share our experiences with Sencha, 320, Bootstrap, and Up. We will roll up our sleeves an review additional javascript for sliders and methods to display the same image at different screen sizes.

• Read more about View Barg Upender's MoDevUX Talk: "What Is Mobile First and How Does It Help Build Better User Experience?"

Companies are embracing "Mobile First Web Second" to innovate and increase user engagement. Luke Wroblewski, former Yahoo! Design Architect, wrote a popular "Mobile First" book that provides a strategic guidance for designing engaging mobile user interfaces with unique constraints and capabilities of ever growing mobile devices. In this talk we outline the key principles of Mobile First designs using lots of examples in real world projects.

• Read more about Ken Fang to speak at the 2012 Government Web and New Media Conference

Mobomo's President, Ken Fang will speak at the 2012 Government Web and New Media Conference on May 16th, 2012. Nearly half of American adults are smartphone owners, and, by 2014, more people will go online using a phone than a computer. But they will still use computers—and tablets, and TVs, and gaming devices. How do we make content work across all these screens? Some are turning to "responsive design" to build content that automatically adapts to the device and size of the browser to provide a good experience to the end user. Learn about  the pros and cons of responsive design and walk through a case study of lessons learned in developing a responsive design for apps.usa.gov and apps.gobiernousa.gov.

• Read more about Learn How to Port Your App to Windows Phone

Join us at the MoDevDC Developer Tech Cast - Porting Your Government Apps to Windows Phone on April 24th at 2 pm. We will discuss our experience in porting the USASearch app and Recalls app to Windows Phone.

Mobomo's John Cromartie and Ken Fang will be there to talk about the pros and cons of the different platforms and answer technical questions.

Register for the event here: http://bit.ly/Jf5CQs

• Read more about Mobomo Talks at MoDevUX -- April 20th, 2012

Mobomo is excited to have three speakers this year at MoDevUX

Barg Upender will be on the main stage from 11:40 am - 11:50 am discussing "What is Mobile First and How Does It Help Build Better User Experience?"

Brian Lacey will be on the plaza stage from 1:50 pm to 2:00 pm speaking on "Understanding HTML 5 Mobile Frameworks"

Ken Fang will be on the plaza stage from 2:10 pm to 2:20 pm talking about "Understanding Pros and Cons of Responsive Design"

We hope to see you all there. For more info visit: http://modevux.com/

• Read more about Save on Prescriptions: Medvana Launches (También en Español)

Medvana helps you find the nearest pharmacies willing to provide deep discounts on most branded and generic prescription drugs. Show your pharmacist the Medvana Savings Card in the appand save up to 76% on Prescription Drugs at over 50,000 participating pharmacies.

• Read more about National Library of Medicine -- Drug Information Portal Goes Live

In 2014, mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage, and over half of mobile phone users use it to search for information. Thus it is important that federal agencies provide access to information in a mobile friendly interface. The National Library of Medicine is spearheading these efforts and have a large number of their sites created in a mobile friendly format. Mobomo helped to create the mobile version of the Drug Information Portal. Visit it here - http://bit.ly/nlm_druginfo

• Read more about Mobomo Sponsors MoDevUX -- Mobile User Experience and Design

Mobomo is sponsoring MoDevUX, a mobile development conference bringing together leading mobile developers, UX/UI designers, architects and managers to break the mold on user experience and design.

Barg Upender, our CEO and Ken Fang our President will be presenting on What is Mobile First and How Does It Help Build Better User Experience? and Understanding Pros and Cons of Responsive Design. Additionally Brian Lacey our Creative Director will be speaking on Understanding HTML 5 Mobile Frameworks.

ModDevUX attendees will discover the latest in mobile UX/design methods and meet likeminded people at the edge of the mobile frontier. The conference starts Friday April 20 and registration is still open.

• Read more about Announcing MacRuby In Action

MacRuby In Action, a new book that teaches Ruby developers how to code OS X applications in Ruby, was released this week through Manning Publications. Jerry Cheung, a senior engineer at Intridea authored the book alongside Brendan Lim and Jeremy McAnally.

In the book you'll explore key Cocoa design patterns, along with a few twists that MacRuby makes possible. You'll also pick up high-value techniques including system scripting, automated testing practices, and getting your apps ready for the Mac App Store. It was written for Rubyists by Rubyists and no previous experience with Cocoa, Objective-C, or Mac OS X is required!

I asked Jerry what inspired him to work on this book:

MacRuby in Action bridges that gap between two great development communities: Mac desktop development and Ruby. If you're a seasoned web developer using Ruby on the web then MIRA is a gentle intro to the Cocoa runtime and Apple's development tools. If you're a veteran Mac developer, then MIRA shows you the dynamic and fun nature of Ruby. Macruby gives you the full power of the Cocoa framework to help you build native desktop apps that are indistinguishable from their Objective-C counterparts.

The Ruby community prides itself on test driven development, and the same practices can be applied to MacRuby. The book also cover gotchas and other tips to watch out for when bridging between these two technologies. The examples showcase commonly used components and help you get your feet wet in practical development while showing key development concepts.

You can get your eBook copy of MacRuby in Action today or preorder your pBook version now through Manning! After you've had a chance to digest some of the content, we'd love to hear your thoughts on the book. Leave your comments below or let us know on Twitter!

Additionally, let us know in the comments why you want to learn MacRuby and get a chance to win a free MacRuby in Action eBook today!