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title: Bring your laptop, get started with Ruby at Tuesday's Boston.rb meetup
teaser:
tags: news,web
author: Jason Morrison
published_on: 2011-10-02
---

Well, howdy there!

## Interested in Ruby

Have you been...

...interested in building web application, but aren't sure where to start?
We've all been beginners once, so let us lend a hand!

...seeking a technical co-founder, but finding it difficult?  Investing the time
to learn programming will do wonders.  You'll [be better equipped to sniff out
quality developers, and quite possibly knock out a prototype on your
own](http://playbook.thoughtbot.com/building-a-team/do-it-yourself/).

...teaching yourself Ruby or [self-studying on
Rails](http://ruby.railstutorial.org/) and running into questions? [Rubber
Ducking](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubberDucking) can help, but it's not nearly as
much fun as meeting your fellow Boston Rubyists.

...programming Ruby or Rails for a little while (or a long while) and are
looking to help teach and welcome new folks to the community?

## Let's meet up

Drop by the thoughtbot office this Tuesday, October 4, at 7pm.  We'll be hosting
a structured session on getting your laptop set up for Ruby development. We'll
be following the process described here and be available for debugging:

[2011 Rubyist’s guide to a Mac OS X development environment](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/post/8700977975/2011-rubyists-guide-to-a-mac-os-x-development)

Please [RSVP to the event](http://goo.gl/NIgW6) so we know how much food and how
many drinks to get.  We're happy to field questions ahead of time in the
comments below, or you can sign up for the [Boston Ruby mailing
list](https://groups.google.com/group/boston-rubygroup), mosey over to [the
email thread for this
meetup](https://groups.google.com/group/boston-rubygroup/browse_thread/thread/28f8c5d502994624/81448374ca1387ec),
and say hello!