10gen Bootcamp

10gen hosted another bootcamp last night. We had a decent turn out with attendees ranging from developers to hosting providers.

It was a big day for 10gen. Official support for Ruby and Rails was announced recently, and Jim Menard gave a great presentation on the new features. Jim's been working hard on this, and we're all excited to get some people from the community to kick it around. So - go ahead! Download the SDK and let us know what you think. We've got a Google Group and are always on IRC. Check out more docs at our Ruby Language Center.

It was great speaking with more people from the hosting provider community. They've definitely got an eye toward what Amazon and Google are doing with their cloud offerings and are concerned - not necessarily for now - but for the future. Amazon and Google's platforms are still young. Once they mature and business models and mindsets become more accustomed to the on-demand framework, they know they'll be hurting. Looking for partners like 10gen is an attractive solution since 10gen is open source which means you won't be locked in to a particular vendor.

Most of the time was spent in one on one conversations discussing 10gen and answering questions. It's a laid back atmosphere, and we tend to adapt the agenda depending on who shows up and what people are interested in. We'll help you get started with the SDK, lend a hand with your project, and have some great conversation over pizza and beer or soda.

Our next bootcamp is scheduled for January 22nd. Come on down!