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title: PostgreSQL Conf East
teaser:
tags: news,web,postgresql
author: Harold Giménez
published_on: 2011-03-15
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This following week, PostgreSQL Conf East will take place in New York City. The
conference starts on Wednesday March 23 and ends on Friday the 25th. There is an
[excellent lineup](http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2011/east/talks) of
speakers and talks from the PostgreSQL community, as well as from the folks from
MongoDB, Rails, Python and other related communities.

![PostgreSQL](http://images.thoughtbot.com/ui/postgresql.png)

This is a great opportunity to either start to learn about PostgreSQL, or polish
your skills on some of the more advanced topics related to Postgres and it's
ecosystem. I look forward to a number of these talks, such as migrating from
MySQL, replication options (Slony, Tungsten, built in streaming replication and
hot standby), as well as technologies new to me like GridSQL, foreign data
wrappers and so much more.

Additionally, Tuesday March 22nd is training day. There will be half and full
day trainings on a number of topics, including the inner workings of MVCC,
Postgres HA, understanding the query planner, replication, as well as other
topics like MongoDB, Django, and Rails which will be taught by yours truly.

I plan on walking you through the basics of Ruby, and then dig right into
building a web application with Ruby on Rails using PostgreSQL. It will be very
similar to our very own [workshops](http://workshops.thoughtbot.com), but with a
Postgres twist where we'll walk through how to use some of the Postgres specific
features like full text search, different index types and more. At only $349,
this is a true bargain! By the end of the day you will know enough Ruby and
Rails to start building and contributing to your very own Postgres backed Rails
application. Register [here](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/register).

Hope to see you there!