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What people are saying

Fabulous - timing was good, excellent introduction. Range of expertise meant that various install issues and even workshop steps could be problem solved. Truly wonderful work guys. :-) And thanks for letting us linger, it was good not to feel rushed to complete the tutorial! Ben Foley

Great support, I liked the one-on-one attention. Thank you for your support. Varun Kaushik

I would like to have an in-depth intermediate level program next. This event was everything as promised. Thanks :-) Annuradha Raychaudhury

It was very informative and the mentors are really helpful. It was good to get off the ground on the first day :) It was great - keep up the good work! Madhu Ramalingam

Friendly group of people helping others with their programming skills, trying to grow the RoRo Community. Team is fantastic, helpful and friendly. Tarryn Whitfield

Great, friendly place to learn something. I would have had trouble anywhere else. Jet Steiner

Great! Wonderfully helpful people giving up their time to help randoms like myself. Martin Drenovac

Everyone was super friendly and helpful. Looking forward to meeting you all again. I jave a blast! :) Tom Hunter

Keen friendly people who want to help. Thanks! Ray Fung

The staff were great, the pizza was amazing and it was an amazing experience for me. Thank you! Austin Felipe dos Santos

Very good, nice friendly atmosphere. Yuko Sigiyama

Fantastic way to learn a new skill and meet some great people. Phoebe Goh

It was awesome. Thanks to sponsors and all organisers. Moiz Kantawala

Great stuff - mentors and team at reinteractive and envato are awesome. Thanks guys!. Gretchen Oris-Chong

Really worth it to learn the basics with experts around. Luke Shillabeer

Great experience and very nice people. Davide Baj

Very good, warm support. Alex McCullie

Opened a door to a whole new world. Rachel Chen

I think it is a great idea and definitely helped me overcome my fear of trying to delve into something that seemed so overwhelming. Hayley Harvey

It’s great having someone to help when you run into issues and it seems like a great community. It was great, really enjoyed it. Rob Scott

Overall I enjoyed the support from the mentors and the social interaction between other members. Nicholas Lawrie

Relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Mentors are able and willing to help. Kyle Hengst

Very impressive. I enjoyed the meetup very much and learned a lot. Liam Ma

A lot of helpful mentors around, I liked the casual environment. Sandesh Rai

It was perfect from start to finish. The tutorial was carefully explained and the pizza was great. Gerson Rodrigues

Really helpful and informative. I enjoyed the night! Jeremy Kern

A lot of fun, good impression of people and very relaxed environment. Michael Wardlaw

Great environment for getting started on Rails. Extremely helpful mentors. Chan Vuong

Very good. I would like to evolve more in Ruby on Rails and learn more. Anil Prajapati

It was fun, opened my eyes to how easy it is to create a website and that coding isn’t such a bad thing. Roberto Gomez

Very easy to use the program to get everything installed. Friendly helpers and good food. Thank you very much! Carlos Cabral

I really liked the opportunity, and got very good impression of you all (pizzas included). I learned cool stuff, met new people and there was great support :) Rafael Antunes Ferreira

Great opportunity for meeting and sharing in the process. Great for asking questions.” Anonymous

Excellent. I am very new so the layout of the event was very organised and the staff very helpful. Ruby Villacorta

It was well organised and the mentors were very helpful and friendly. Dinesh Cooray

Really helpful, great environment. Inspired to continue practicing. Chanh Kien

Very open, friendly, great pizza. Climbed slightly up the learning curve tonight. Huey McEvoy

Great positive environment, people and networking opportunity. Well organised and professional. Well done! Jack Reardon

It motivated me. I did not learn Ruby or Rails, but I realised how cool it is. Meysam Naseri

Really appreciate this initiative. Great event! Great place with amazing people full of knowledge. Really enjoyed this event. Thanks so much! Magdalena Ojeda

Been a great helpful experience. Thanks heaps!! Mentors were especially awesome! Gerrardo Luis Dimaguila

Ruby on Rails is a cool framework and fun to work with. The work environment was pleasant and the people friendly! A big thank you to David for doing his best to solve my set-fault problems. Nicholas Wong

10/10 Todd Suttle

Pleasant night, helpful teachers, positive environment. Nathan Culpitt

Great, well organised, early intro to the language. Dave Keating

I love the concept of InstallFest as way of getting through the first hurdle, so thanks for building and supporting the community! Olga Dziemidowicz

Lots of people helping, friendly and positive environment. Great place to learn. Pieter Coetzee

Team members were awesome, everyone was very passionate about what was being taught. Very detailed and very knowledgeable. 5 stars! Top notch and a very rewarding experience. James LaBoeuf

Thanks for hosting/helping me get started with Ruby - was a really great meet up! Really impressed - a great way to get people involved. Reece Arney

It was great - thank you very much. Great support from the team. Thank you for the drinks and pizza. Vonita Buirski

It’s a great way to grow the RoR Community! Thanks reinteractive for a helpful introduction. Chris Kendall

Amazing! The support I received in installing was exactly what I needed! Paola Disanto

Love it! More than just installing files. All the teachers were so helpful. Chris Nguyen

It was fantastic - Chloe is really nice, and I had Geoff and Ed help me out a lot! They were so patient and explained everything simply so I could understand. Desiree Conceicao

I loved it and was surprised by what I learned about Ruby. Fang-Wei Hu

Fantastic, everyone was so helpful! Adam Abu Sohaib

Informative, calm, friendly and encouraging. Malcolm Matthews

Well organised, friendly, high-quality, fun event which people really care about. Alex Kuzuetsov

It was awesome. David Mesaros

I learned a lot! It was very enjoyable. Therese Mariko

Great, love it. Really enjoyed the vibe. André Selton

This was awesome in terms of giving instruction and tutorial to people who are new to Ruby on Rails. Bang The Nguyen

Very useful for myself (and others) who want to learn MVC/web dev but aren’t sure where to start. Lincoln Reiss

Thanks guys, it was great to attend and I am inspired to do more. Andrew Leslie

Everything was perfect, excellent job! It is in a good location, great ambience, excellent volunteers and good food. Thank you! Jacob Paul

Was cool, tutorials were straightforward and I was able to easily understand them. Gareth Ng

Everyone was very friendly and helpful. I would definitely come again. 10/10 best InstallFest! Thank you for teaching me cool coding junk! Emily Hooper

The event was very informative and I really appreciate your efforts. Everything was awesome. Bhushan Manekar

It was awesome. I thought it was much more difficult to install Rails and start working on a web application. But with the good mentors and a perfect guide it is really easy. Thank you very much. Vasili Tsoi

The mentors had great knowledge and did an awesome job explaining everything. Dirgh Buch

Thanks reinteractive and all the mentors. Great introduction to Ruby, I'm now inspired to learn more. James Litten

Good, easy to get going, mentors were great! It is nice to get together with other people and be involved in the learning process. Tahlia Norwood

It was great to see so many people there ready to help. Thank you!! Brian Hickey

Really well organised. Lots of awesome volunteers. Can’t wait to complete the tutorial and become a Ruby on Rails Dev :) Tiang

Great friendly and helpful atmosphere. Perfect for this getting up and running with Rails. Kevin Yang

Great evening - really clear instructions and I felt I achieved something by the end of the night. I will definitely recommend to others. Rachael Carson

Great mix of people. good vibe and atmosphere. Really nice Community spirit. Peter Borbely

Excellent, very glad I came. Jade Feng

Great! Fantastic helpers too, not too intimidating for a non-coder like me. Adrienne Patrick

Great, awesome people to learn from. Vishnu Kus

Very supportive and friendly atmosphere. Stephen Gannon

Excellent overview of Ruby on Rails. Great people and well coordinated. Well done! Mukul Gupta

Great, friendly atmosphere, great food and drinks, great mentors. Keep up the good work! Andy Wong

Informative and very helpful. I like being able to work at my own pace. Matt Edwards

Great experience - do it more often!! Joseph Pham

Everything was excellent. Great starting point for RoR. Jay Fisher

Very friendly and helpful mentors. I thoroughly enjoyed the night learning new skills. Natalie Wong

Very fun and useful. Peng Song

I learned a new skill! Very helpful mentors. Frank Chou

Excellent, very impressed. Joey Corea

Very fun and useful. Peng Song

I learned a new skill! Very helpful mentors. Frank Chou

Excellent, very impressed. Joey Corea

It was really useful and informative and I would like to continue learning. Awesome environment, everyone was friendly and welcoming. Katie Peterson

The mentors are really friendly, committed and helpful. Thank you. Serena Vaccari

Great night. Lots of help and met some really nice people. Vito Belgiorno-Zegna

I was worried it would be too techy, but it worked out fine. Everyone was super friendly and helpful. Daniel Aron

Pretty stoked to actually get something up! David Bushby

It was great. I started developing a blog in Ruby on Rails and deployed it without any previous experience. The volunteers were so helpful. Sudabeh Norouzi Nia

Everything was perfect, it was very applicable to me. Thank you. Farhad Kardan

Absolutely brilliant. Live help desk right next to you. Thanks guys! Nicholas Lambropoulos

Excellent introduction for absolute new beginner. Tessa Setiadi

I can’t believe you give this much to the community. Thank you! Durand Sinclair

Very well organised! Clear instructions and very helpful Ruby experts. Michelle Lippey

Awesome. Met new people, learnt new things. Loved it. Hamid Samani

I really appreciate the effort you put into this event. I will definitely go on learning this fantastic language. Thanks! Enhui Bao

So fantastic, could not be better. Good service, delicious pizza, simple presentation, easy to understand and good tutorial for those learning. Zhenlan Fei

Very well organised, friendly people. Had no problems asking ‘stupid’ questions. Well worth every minute. Thanks for taking the time. Yuki Kubota

Awesome. Keep up the good work. Hashi Kaar

Was very impressed with the knowledge available at hand and the willingness of everyone to help when faced with an issue. Definitely learned a lot on how to set up and start developing in Ruby/Rails. Anonymous

Thank you very much for a really informative session. I finally have a starting point to start learning and toying around with RoR. It was quite a bit to digest in a night and definitely looking at more sessions in the future. I want to be a happy developer too :) Yoga Ganason

Very helpful and impressive, I will certainly recommend. Michael Richardson

It was simply awesome! Sujan Dhakal

An enjoyable night which got me going on RoR. Alan Tsen

A really friendly, useful event. David Elton

Glad I came! Tutorial and mentors were helpful, the space was nice and the food was plenty. Anonymous

Great, had a good time and I now have Rails! Thanks for everything!! Matt Cameron

Very helpful and welcoming environment Simon Moro

Great way to get up and running. Brad Wynter

Awesome experience!! All you guys are doing an incredible job. I learned a lot of basics today! Hats off to the spirit and patience of all mentors!! I asked a lot of questions today and none hesitated to explain what I didn’t understand. Sowmya

I had a great time, plenty of friendly people to help out. I definitely recommend it. Mathew Button

Very good! I’m very impressed with Ruby and Rails and am looking forward to build some apps. Paul Murphy

Great engaged mentors! Roger Qiu

It was interesting and useful, I learned many things and understand new practices in Rails project development. Thanks! Paul Pivarov

There were a lot of people around to help, now things are much more clear! Spencer Walden

Great environment and very helpful tutors floating around. Great experience. Nicholas Tan

Great intro to Rails Development. To have a blog live on the web in under 3 hours was fantastic! Callum Macpherson

It was great! Rad people and it was good to learn some new stuff! The list of ‘next step’ resources should be very awesome! Pat McKenna

Fantastic, really helpful, loved learning Ruby! Kim Felstead

Thank you for a great evening. A special thanks to the mentors for their help. I look forward to the next event. Deepak Kapoor

10/10. Really helpful and informative. Annie Slattery

Excellent! From the greeting at online signup, to the way the evening progressed, to the help! Durand Sinclair

It was a great experience to get up and running with RoR and see how easy and fun it is to develop in. Phillip Cheung

It was an awesome night, I am really impressed with the InstallFest structure, well done guys. Alvin Estrada

Good launchpad for people with no coding experience. Adam Hyman

Great energy and good people. A good environment for learning RoR and plenty of support. Colin H

10/10 Mike Dickinson

A great event, perfect level of detail and good excitement. Michael Dausmann

Well organised and great that you are giving back to the community and spreading your Ruby on Rails knowledge. Kevin Miller

Great learning experience, from setup, to pushing my code online and debugging. Vishnu Kanduri

This is my first ever development seminar, it is wonderful that there are so many people here to help and share. Dai Phung

I thought it was great. Easy to install and get started, great mentors to help and a great atmosphere. Kerrison Garcia

I am really excited to have some fun with Ruby and Rails! I will keep coming to this meetup! Alex Park

Loved the vibe and the help. Adrian Fittolani

It’s been great, good feeling! It is a great introduction to Ruby on Rails and really explains all of the potential. Anonymous

Excellent! Serg Belokamen

Really friendly atmosphere. The mentors were really helpful and were keen to help out and get involved. Really impressed by the event. Anonymous

Very friendly and accessible. Aniko Hazi

Very informative, great help and mentors. Love the pizza. Will be reading a lot more about Ruby/Rails. Anonymous

Really good and really informative. Chris Lucas

It was really great, I want to go home now and devour a Ruby book! Anonymous

Fun atmosphere, good mentors helping out and a great way to expose people to RoR and get an app up and running quickly. Anonymous

I think the mentors were great! Very friendly, and definitely very helpful. Nitikia Mathur

Awesome! James Law

Really enjoyed it! It was well run and then information and food was great. Anonymous

It is a fantastic experience to develop in just a few seconds. Vamsi Raju

Very well executed, expert staff on hand to overcome all of our issues and answer questions. Chris LePetit

It was great - I loved that you guys could mentor us, walk us through the steps and help us troubleshoot. I made enough to get excited and want to pick it up. Solal Fittoussi

An excellent overview for those who haven't tried doing any rails development before. Xerxes Battiwalla

Great intro and enough depth for advanced devs. Kyle Martin

Good- self paced, but with a good level of support! Josh Street

Very informative, good mentoring, info, tips... Edward Cheung

I thought it was a great introduction to RoR, very practical and it was rewarding to get my hands dirty, build it and see the blog application live on the world wide web. Lance Cohen

Overall, really good way to kickstart learning of Ruby on Rails. The second day’s talk on MVC and why Ruby on Rails, was great! Naveen Danda

Really great meet-up. A lot of passion has gone into it and I would certainly recommend it to others. Jonathan Witts

Really good to get an end-to-end view and a test app going. Still lots to learn, but a great start. Thanks to all who made it possible. Paul Hunter

Love it so far. A steady pace, friendly people and knowledgable instructors that don’t make you feel like an idiot when you ask a question. Des Penny

Excellent idea, really handy to get help getting set up with installation and deployment to Heroku. Mary Nolan

Wonderful initiative for the RoR Community to get the word out...have been looking for this help for ages. Julian Blok

Very well done, good atmosphere, right pace. Reg Paling

Professional, powerful and great assistance Tim and Len Peter James

Great, easy experience. Great to have experts on hand when you get stuck, meet others, good food and vibe. Thanks! Kevin Truong

Very pleased. Everyone was friendly and approachable and the free food is a really nice gesture. Jesse Black

Fantastic idea and great to be a new member of the RoR Community Richard Taggart

I just got home and finished the first two lessons, thank you very much, was awesome, really interesting. I hope to keep learning and join the Development Hub. Agustín Gambina

Very worthwhile I would definitely recommend to anyone interested in the language Paul Anderson

Awesome, learned a lot in a little time Joshua Paling

Really helpful, I just sent the invitation for next month's Installfest to my friends. I hope they can make it. Rudy Lee

InstallFest was excellent. I learned lot of things about Ruby. Really really helpful. Thanks guys!!! Kiri Kamal

Thanks to everyone who helped out. Got my blog online and now I'm going to burn through the next 5 posts! Tom Bass

Got ruby on rails setup and running on my pc, and published online on Heroku. Great intro to rails. Hans Halim

If needed, I can witness that Mikel won't let you leave until your installation is complete:) ! And yes, after that you can learn to be a RoR master. Guillaume Ang

A really good idea and really helpful for anyone looking to learn Ruby and generally improve their knowledge. Russell Verbeek

Great, well run. Love the pizza! Being a Network Nngineer, I know little about programming. Ruby is great and I learned plenty in 3 hours. Matthew Hoffman

Tonight was fun and I want to learn more. Talyssa Soto

I thought it was great, fun, friendly and informative. I will definitely recommend it. Anonymous

Everyone was very friendly and helpful. Thanks very much for a great night of learning and pizza! Anonymous

It was a very good start. Looking forward to more! Anonymous

Very awesome, great insights, I’m a fan! Samira Cheurif

Very helpful to get started with RoR. Nathalie Bressa

Love it. Great idea, great environment, great people. Kylie Fuentes

Very good and very helpful. Madhu Ramalingam

Excellent!!!! Mark Collins

It was well organised and run. Thanks to everyone involved! Daniel Koo

Great. Mentors were a great help also. Stephen Glachan

Brilliant idea - well resourced. I came for 30 minutes last month and this month seemed even better. Andrew O’Sullivan

Really good. Kudos to the volunteers. Anonymous

Great, very easy to follow. Selina Tomkins

Great event tailored at beginners. Simone Lavorato

Great meetup, well organised, thank you :) Priscilla Fox

9.99999/10 Jason Whatson

Really great - well run event, great community utility Michael Ruhfus

Excellent get together! Ross Mackenzie

Everything was perfect...Very informative and newbie friendly. Erwin Tilzon

Great idea! So necessary and useful. Thank you all. Jens Korff

Excellent and very helpful. Lost my fear of Ruby on Rails tonight! Arvindh Selvaraj

Very well organised and the helpers were awesome! Joel Kim

Friendly, open, supportive environment. Love the Ruby Community! Chris Callow

It was great! Awesome impression of Ruby on Rails and I’ll definitely learn more of it. Anonymous

I am impressed to already see the blog up and running. The people providing support were extremely patient and helpful! Anonymous

It’s amazing. Beautiful that so many passionate people are here on a weekend showing their knowledge. Weiting Ten

Welcoming environment and great space, excellent project. Samantha Dawn Brestin

Excellent - very well presented. Lots of help and advice available. Mary Macdonald

Mentors are super helpful and atmosphere was good. Great to see lots of female participants too. Natalie Ip

Good experience, helpful coordinators, great ambience and new insight to Ruby. Learnt something new and I’m happy with the outcome. Kris Martis

Good guidance. The steps were easy to follow. Happy that I installed Rails on windows. Keep it up! Anonymous

I want to thank you for this effort. This is really useful and the support is absolutely incredible. I appreciate it a lot. Maritza Concha

Excellent! Will highly recommend to anyone interested in learning rails. Han-Qing Tan

Thank you for helping me install and create a simple app very quickly! Anonymous

I could not expect anything more from this event. The ready help even without asking was great to keep going and utilise the time at its best. Thanks a lot for organising this event. Anonymous

I liked the professional material and organisation and the interactive and cooperative atmosphere. Anonymous

Really well organised, great group and lots of help! Rhiana Heath

It is a great event to interact with other Ruby enthusiasts and learn new technologies. Steve Shoup

At last I built an application in ruby! It was easy to get rid of the many errors when there was someone there to help you. Kiarash Zamanifar

Great! Very helpful mentors willing to spend time on issues that come up. Simon Goudie

Just great for a newbie like me. Ann Jackson

Great event, friendly and well organised. Ian Fletcher

It was a great and welcoming environment! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity! We are really glad we were here this evening! Prakriti Pradhan

Very useful and a great start for a beginner! Anonymous

Overall it was a great experience and just the base understanding that I was after in Rails. Simon Taggart

Really enjoyed it! Definitely learnt a thing or two. Charbel Ayoub

Great evening, everyone has been very helpful. Anonymous

It was fantastic! The mentors were very patient and helpful. Anonymous

It is a great initiative, very helpful for beginners. Thank you! Odair Scatolini Junior

Very well organised. Love the folders with all of the resources, very helpful! Anonymous

Very nice and friendly atmosphere. Gabrielle Lagerstedt

Good info for a new Developer and Rails Noob. Christoffer Lagerstedt

Love you guys! Friggin Awesome! Brandon Kong

Seriously, really really good! Anonymous

Well run, relaxed atmosphere. Thanks for a great night and support! John Foeng

Awesome that an event like this is free. Good and simple intro to Ruby on Rails. Lasse Pedersen

Very well organised and presented. Matthew Steen

Bloody brilliant. James Gilbert

Very happy, really well structured and thought out. Eden Halil

Thanks guys! The night was a lot of fun. I can't wait until DevHub! Alvin Tolentino

It was a very nice opportunity to be in touch with some experienced developers who have patience and are very supportive. Anderson Lopes

Great! Very enthusiastic mentors. Anonymous

Great option for getting started with Ruby. Katerina Morjanoff

I loved this initiative. Rodrigo Dos Santos

Excellent! Well organised and a great way to learn Ruby on Rails. Simon Farrell

An excellent experience. Tutors very helpful. A good introduction. Terry Hilsberg

The mentors were great. Can't go wrong with pizzas either. Thanks for organizing it. Aman Talwar

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