kwruby / kwruby.ca

Website for KW Ruby developers

kwruby.ca website

Development

To run the site locally you will need Ruby and Bundler installed.

Then execute the following:

1. bundle install
2. bundle exec middleman server
3. and follow the instructions for connecting

Testing

1. bundle install
2. bundle exec rspec

Code quality

1. bundle install
2. bundle exec rubocop -F for ruby code checking
3. bundle exec sccss-lint for css/scss code checking

Build for deployment

1. bundle install
2. bundle exec middleman build
3. Results in build

Backlog

• planet aggregation of member feeds (blog/twitter/other?)
  • static generator
  • share templates with middleman
  • https://github.com/feedreader/pluto
  • https://github.com/pote/planet.rb
• http://rubyusergroups.org/
  • get KWRuby into the list
  • their site also needs some help with its map
• add events to the site and then publish back to Meetup
  • https://github.com/boscomonkey/meetup_api
  • would also need to pull RSVPs back into the middleman site
  • and eventually build an RSVP interface on the site itself
  • middleman-event module
  • indieweb
    • event
    • [session]{http://indiewebcamp.com/session) i.e. presentation
    • how to microformat these in relation to the event?
    • consider the format that bostonrb uses
• add the logo to the site
  • one on its way from Blake Stevenson( Dribble )
• created a linked in group
• add links to other locations on the web to the landing page
  • rubyusergroups
• consider adding a big banner image to the landing page
  • https://www.flickr.com/search?sort=relevance&text=waterloo%20region
  • https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=relevance&text=waterloo%20region&license=1,2,3,4,5,6
  • https://www.flickr.com/search?sort=relevance&license=1,2,3,4,5,6&text=kitchener%20city%20ontario

Icebox

• trace the logo into an SVG file

Sites for Inspiration

• http://seattlerb.org/
• http://ottawaruby.ca/
• http://bostonrb.org
• http://vanruby.org/
• http://www.austinonrails.org/