{"id":1649,"date":"2009-01-01T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T07:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2009-01-01T16:18:02","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T07:18:02","slug":"ruby-craze-sweeps-fukuoka-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/ruby-craze-sweeps-fukuoka-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby craze sweeps Fukuoka, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/kyushu_ruby_kaigi_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1652\" title=\"kyushu_ruby_kaigi_1\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/kyushu_ruby_kaigi_1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"kyushu_ruby_kaigi_1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruby_(programming_language)\">Programming language Ruby<\/a> was created by a Japanese programmer, Yukihiro Matsumoto. However, Ruby was a minor hobby language until the appearance of Ruby on Rails.<br \/>\nAfter the Ruby on Rails fad reached Japan, the government people became interested in Ruby, because it is the first made-in-Japan programming language which is commonly used worldwide. Shimane prefecture, where Matsumoto lives, is trying to promote local software industry with Ruby technology.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka\">Fukuoka<\/a> is the largest city in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB\">Kyushu <\/a>island which is located west of the main island of Japan. Three Ruby organizations are head-quartered in Fukuoka.<br \/>\nFukuoka prefectural government launched an organization called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.f-ruby.com\/\">F-Ruby<\/a>&#8216; [JP] with many software companies in Fukuoka. <a href=\"http:\/\/rubybizcommons.blogspot.com\/\">Ruby Business Commons<\/a> [JP] is actively promoting Rails and JRuby to local developers. Also, I am an organizer of the oldest Ruby meetup group called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/jp.rubyist.net\/?RubyistKyushu\">Rubyist Kyushu<\/a>&#8216; [JP].<br \/>\nFukuoka prefectural government offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruby-award.jp\/english.html\">1 million yen ($10,000) award<\/a> [EN] to the best Ruby application or Ruby promotion effort done in last 1 year.<br \/>\nWe, Rubyist Kyushu organized a regional Ruby conference called &#8216;Kyushu Ruby Kaigi&#8217; with over 200 attendees. We invited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/~sasada\/index.en.html\">Koichi Sasada<\/a>, a core developer of Ruby 1.9, and Akimitsu Sano, Founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/09\/cookpad-the-number-one-recipe-site\/\">Cookpad<\/a> as speakers. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolshed.com\/\">Andy Hunt<\/a>, the author of Programming Ruby, gave us a video lecture.<br \/>\n2008 was a Ruby year in Fukuoka.<br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"390\" data=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AeLyOwA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AeLyOwA\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programming language Ruby was created by a Japanese programmer, Yukihiro Matsumoto. However, Ruby was a minor hobby language until the appearance of Ruby on Rails. After the Ruby on Rails fad reached Japan, the government people became interested in Ruby, because it is the first made-in-Japan programming language which is commonly used worldwide. 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