About
This is the personal site of Yehuda Katz (wycats AT gmail DOT com).
Beginning January 2008, I will be working for Engine Yard, where my responsibilities will include working on the Merb ruby web framework.
I previously worked for Procore Technologies, which produces a construction project management tool written in Ruby on Rails. It allows desktop integration with Microsoft Project and Suretrak, and is probably one of the most expansive Rails projects around. It also uses jQuery extensively, making it the largest Rails project around to integrate jQuery.
I am a committer on the jQuery project, a member of the jQuery Plugins team, Editor of Visual jQuery Magazine, and the maintainer of Visual jQuery, the slick, easy UI for the jQuery API.
My current Open Source work includes, but is not necessarily limited to, development of the Merb, Rubinius, and DataMapper projects.
I have just completed my first book, jQuery in Action, along with my co-author Bear Bibeault. It can be purchased from Manning Publications or on Amazon.com.
Additionally, I am working as a Contributing Author on Ruby in Practice, another upcoming Manning title, and have recently signed a contract to begin work on a Merb book.
I’d love to meet those of you I haven’t already met. So far, I’m planning to attend the following conferences this year:
- acts_as_conference, Orlando, FL, February 8-9
- Emerging Technologies Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 26-27 (Speaking)
- MountainWest RubyConf, Salt Lake City, UT, March 28-29 (Speaking)
