The document discusses RubyMotion, which is a dialect of Ruby that allows developers to build iOS and macOS apps. It can access native iOS/macOS APIs through the Objective-C runtime. The document outlines why developers might choose RubyMotion, including that it allows building mobile apps using a familiar Ruby syntax. It also discusses the RubyMotion community, which includes hackers, students and professionals who enjoy collaborating and learning together through various community resources like meetups, IRC, and blogs.

1. Community In Motion
Mobile Development
Ruby Community

2. Joshua Ballanco
@manhattanmetric
https://github.com/jballanc

3. Joshua Ballanco
@manhattanmetric
https://github.com/jballanc

4. Joshua Ballanco
@manhattanmetric
https://github.com/jballanc

5. What is RubyMotion?
RubyMotion is a dialect of the Ruby
language implemented on the
Objective-C Runtime

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23. Does it get any better?

24. Does it get any better?

25. But how?!?

26. This is not a technical talk…

27. What is RubyMotion?
RubyMotion is a community of
hackers, tinkerers, students, and
professionals, having fun building apps

28. Community Resources
http://rubymotion-wrappers.com/

29. Community Resources
#rubymotion on freenode.net
rubymotion@googlegroups.com

30. Community Resources
http://meetup.rubymotion.com/

31. Community Resources
http://rubymotiondispatch.com/

32. Community Resources
https://motioninmotion.tv/

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34. Community Resources
“!
During our first IRC orientation get together
!
!
!
when I noted that I knew next to nothing
about git and GitHub the group made me
their GitHub canonical repo Integration
Manager. At first I thought "are you guys
crazy"?? ”
Dennis Major

35. What makes RubyMotion
different?
MINISWAN
Matz Is Nice So We Are Nice
“Optimized for maximum developer happiness…”

36. What makes RubyMotion
different?
Distributed from the very beginning
Integrating new people was easy
Diversity came naturally…

37. What makes RubyMotion
different?
Perennial underdog status
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at
you, then they fight you, then you win.”

38. What makes RubyMotion
different?
Approachable…
…but still very capable

39. What makes RubyMotion
different?

40. What makes RubyMotion
different?
Even we don’t know what we’re doing!
Learn, develop, grow together…

41. How can I be different?
Programmers are People too…
https://xkcd.com/386/