* Introduction to Merb: Background, philosophy, pros and cons and future.
    * Explain the Merb/Rails merge and how it will affect the training
    * Plan your application: What to do before even generating your first app.
       -> what does agnosticism means?
    * Build you own Merb stack: Merb is extremely modular; learn about the different components.
          o Choose a project type (very flat, flat, core, stack)  (Yehuda)
          o Choose an ORM: ActiveRecord                   (Matt  xpress)
          o Choose an ORM: DataMapper                     (Yehuda)
          o Choose an ORM: Sequel                         (Matt)
          o Choose a JavaScript Framework: Prototype      (Matt lowpro)
          o Choose a JavaScript Framework: jQuery         (Yehuda)
          o Choose a database: Postgres                   (Yehuda)
          o Choose a database: CouchDB                    (Matt)
    * TDD/BDD: Overview of best testing practices.
    * Getting Started: Write a simple Merb application.
    * Model/Database interaction: Relationships, validation, migration, best practices.
    * Merb Views: From layouts to partials.
    * Common recipes:
          o Authentication: Offer a login protected access to your site.
          o Web Services / API: Share your content with remote services.
          o Caching: Improve your performance.
          o Full text search: Make your content easily available.
          o Tagging: Organize your content.
          o Internationalization: Because the world doesn't only speak English.
          o Exceptions: Be warned when something goes wrong with your app.
          o Ajax: Dynamic JS the right way (UJS).
    * Merb router in depth: The router is one of Merb's most powerful tools.
    * Deployment: How to easily deploy your application and save money on hosting.
    * Full stack testing: How to test your application in an efficient way.
    * Extend Merb: The difference between Plugins and Slices
    * Merb Slices: How to use one of the many Merb available slices.
    * Merb Slice development: How to reuse code from project to project.
    * Legacy code: How to port your application to Merb.
    * Benchmark your app: See how your application reacts under load.
    * Identify and solve bottlenecks: How to audit and fix your code.
    
== optional

* Ruby for Merb: Quick overview of what you need to master to be a good Merb developer.
* Ruby for PHP/Java/.NET/Rails developers (Workshop).
o Overview of the various plugins/gems available for your project