Monday at StS 2007 opens up with a three hour tutorial from Chad Fowler: Ruby for Smalltalkers:

Since its introduction in 2004, Ruby on Rails continues to make waves in the web development world. Released in a storm of hype, the Rails framework has drawn acclaim and criticism---from hero worship to FUD-laden negativity. Claims of Rails' 10x productivity increase were met with both skepticism and seemingly religious fanaticism. Love it or hate it, Rails has cast an industry-visible light on the dynamic language world Not surprisingly, Ruby on Rails is written in Ruby. Ruby borrows heavily from Smalltalk. Therefore, Smalltalkers have a serious advantage when approaching Ruby on Rails for the first time. This tutorial will exploit that advantage, presenting an overview of the Ruby on Rails framework from the perspective of someone who already understands the power of a real Object Oriented language and the many idioms which Ruby has borrowed from Smalltalk. You'll leave this fast-paced tutorial with the tools and understanding to use and explore Rails on your own.

See you in Toronto!

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