MAGWeb Minutes
July 16 , 2009
Attendees
Eric Gruber, Lawrence , Ks.
Susan Waters, MARC
Chris Giffin, MARC
Brett Williamson, Johnson County , Ks.
Sarah Wilson, Johnson County Libraries
Dale Jarrett, Johnson County Library
David Eldridge, Shawnee County
Katherine Williams, Douglas County , Ks.
Karen Sorensen, Johnson County , Ks.
Daniel Davis, Jackson County , Mo.
Maria Beermann-Foat, Johnson County Med-Act
Anthony Oropeza, Johnson County Parks & Recreation Department
Approval of Minutes
Eric Gruber, Chair, KCMAGWeb
Ruby on Rails presentation
Eric Gruber gave a presentation on the Ruby programming language and the popular Rails framework that can be used for rapid web development. Also, a demonstration was shown about how to create a web form with validations with a few lines of code that also connected to a database.
The slideshow from the presentation is available at http://www.slideshare.net/rumblestrut/introduction-to-rails-1732734 .
KCMAGWeb Redesign
Anthony Oropeza said the team is continuing its work on the redesign.
NAGW Update
None.
Next MAGWeb Meeting
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, City of Overland Park , 8500 Antioch
Topic: Photoshop tips, tricks and hints
Minutes submitted by Eric Gruber