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Every project has a different set of requirements -- some relating to the scope, some relating to the audience, some relating to the capabilities of the administrator. How do you choose which language, platform or CMS to use to fit these requirements? Is it best to stick with what you're familiar with -- even if it's sometimes like fitting a square peg in a round hole?

Hear Brent Shaffer (@bshaffer), a Symfony developer and contributer, duke it out with Travis Roberts (@travisroberts), a Ruby on Rails proponent, in the battle of two frameworks. The discussion will include an introduction to both frameworks and a comparison of the PHP and Ruby languages. At the end, Symfony and Rails will meet in a no-holds-barred battle to the death, and only you can decide the victor. Time for Q&A will also be allotted.

Over the last three years, Nashville has made a quantum leap in its digital community. The awareness of social media, digital marketing and web 2.0 has infused every industry and sector of our great city. But now that the desire to innovate on these platforms has reached a critical point (Nashville Startup Weekend 2, Digital Nashville, Barcamp Nashville 3, Digital Music Summit, Next Big Nashville, etc.), will we have the technical expertise at the C-level and the depth of developers to actually execute our ideas?