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Patrick Lenz

Lenz

Ruby on Rails instructor Patrick Lenz has been developing web applications for more than 10 years. Founder and lead developer of the freshmeat.net software portal, he's nowadays running his own Rails consultancy, limited overload GmbH. He and his company have a track record for thoughtful deployment and scaling of innovative web applications on Rails.

On his weblog, poocs.net, Patrick shares his experience and how-to-style articles for common and not-so-common endeavors in the every day life of a Rails developer.

Furthermore, Patrick is the author of Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Application (SitePoint, 2006), its second edition Simply Rails 2 (SitePoint, 2008) and the article series The Adventures of Scaling (with Rails) (poocs.net, 2006) as well as a comprehensive article about using the new Ruby debugger (SitePoint, 2007).

Upcoming Classes

Date Course Price Status Venue
Mar 28 - Apr 3 Ruby & Ruby on Rails Bootcamp €3400 Register Now Frankfurt, Germany