EngineYard offers free scholarships to the Ruby on Rails training courses offered at the Tech Ranch Austin headquarters.

1. For
Immediate
Release
July
1,
2011
Scholarships
Offered
for
“Zero
to
Rails
3”
Rails
Training
Ruby
Powerhouses
CabForward
and
Engine
Yard
Team
Up
to
Offer
Scholarships
for
Rails
Training
in
Austin,
TX
CabForward,
an
Austin
TX
based
Ruby
On
Rails
training
company,
announced
today
that
Engine
Yard™
is
offering
free
scholarships
for
developers
interested
in
learning
the
Rails
platform.
Tom
Mornini,
Chief
Technical
Officer
of
Engine
Yard™
states,
"
Ruby
on
Rails
developers
are
a
very
hot
commodity.
With
major
players
such
as
VMware,
Salesforce.com,
and
HP
making
important
industry
moves
highlighting
Ruby
as
the
language
of
the
cloud,
the
job
market
will
continue
to
show
high
demand
for
Rails
developers.
In
fact,
it’s
nearly
impossible
to
be
an
unemployed
Ruby
on
Rails
developer."
"The
growing
demand
for
Ruby
on
Rails
has
been
driven
by
successful
companies
who
benefit
from
the
speed
and
agility
of
building
applications
in
Rails,
which
results
in
increased
productivity
and
company
growth.
Many
of
the
companies
you
all
know
and
love
use
Ruby
in
some
capacity:
Amazon,
BBC,
Cisco,
CNET,
IBM,
JP
Morgan,
NASA,
and
Yahoo!.
Many
of
the
fastest-­‐growing
web-­‐based
companies
have
been
built
using
Ruby
on
Rails:
Scribd
(over
70
million
readers
each
month),
Groupon
(over
38.5
million
subscribers
in
North
America),
Basecamp
(millions
of
users).
All
in
all,
more
than
200,000
web
sites
are
using
Ruby
on
Rails.”
Read
more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-­‐why-­‐ruby-­‐on-­‐rails-­‐is-­‐hot-­‐2011-­‐
5#ixzz1Qt1Ruibr
According
to
Lance
Vaughn,
owner
and
founder
of
CabForward,
“I
continue
to
be
impressed
by
Engine
Yard’s™
commitment
to
the
Austin
Rails
community
and
the
ongoing
enhancement
of
Ruby
on
Rails
training
programs.
These
scholarships
demonstrate
that
Engine
Yard™
is
willing
to
go
above
and
beyond
in
their
support
of
the
Ruby
on
Rails
open
source
movement.”
“Zero
to
Rails
3”,
the
first
class
in
the
new
ongoing
professional
education
series
from
CabForward
and
EngineYard,
comes
to
Austin
July
9-­‐10
and
July
16-­‐17,
2011
at
the
Tech
Ranch
Austin
headquarters.
The
classes
will
run
from
9am
to
3pm
and
will
give
developers
the
opportunity
to
learn
hands
on
the
Rails
framework
from
seasoned
Ruby
on
Rails
developers.
The
class
is
taught
by
local
tech
rock
star
Mattt
Thompson.
Mattt
is
a
Ruby
hacker
and
iOS
developer
at
Gowalla
with
over
six
years
experience
using
Rails.
Mattt
is
also
the
founder
of
Austin.rb,
a
community
for
Ruby
programmers
in
Austin.
For
more
information
on
the
scholarships
or
to
view
a
full
schedule
of
dates
and
registration
information
visit
the
CabForward
website
at
www.cabforward.net.
Publicist
Shennandoah
Diaz
512-­‐551-­‐4023
Brass
Knuckles
Media
sdiaz@brassknucklesmedia.com