This is the site of Reuven Lerner, a Web/database developer and trainer based in Modi'in, Israel. I have been creating Web applications since 1993, when I created one of the first 100 Web sites in the world. Over the years, my clients have included such organizations as CheckPoint, DealTime, Hebrew University, and Bar-Ilan University, as well as many small and start-up companies.
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I work as a programmer, consultant, and trainer in a number of open-source technologies. My favorites are Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Linux -- but I certainly know a great deal about most Unixes, many relational databases (including MySQL, Sybase, and Oracle), and a number of programming languages (including PHP, Python, and Perl). I have a strong knowledge of Web protocols and technologies, including HTML, HTTP, JavaScript, and CSS.
I have been writing the Web/database column, At the Forge, for Linux Journal since 1996. I also wrote "Core Perl" for Prentice-Hall about Perl programming back in 2000.
I am also a PhD candidate in learning sciences at Northwestern University, working with Uri Wilensky and the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL). My dissertation will be the creation of a collaborative online community of NetLogo model-builders.