i got this from eric wilhelm of pdx.pm (portland OR). sounds like an interesting idea for a meeting and we can invite various other computer groups in the area (we have several cross memberships). we could even make this a special meeting in a larger room on a date that doesn't conflict with other group's meetings. rakudo* is the first real release of a perl 6 system that runs on parrot.
uri From: Eric Wilhelm <[email protected]> Subject: [pm_groups] running Rakudo * at your PM group To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:14:52 -0700 Hi all, We had a "Rakudo Feet Wettening" at pdx.pm for our July meeting. This was planned and announced a few weeks in advance, but required relatively little preparation and was a lot of fun. If you want to try this with your group, here is roughly how we did it. Preparation: * announce the meeting 1-2 weeks in advance (cross-posted to a few other local programmer groups) * post the install instructions and documentation links * print some copies of the cheatsheet to take to the meeting Agenda: * Introductions / questions * 90 minutes of hacking * Conclusion * Beer I printed 10 copies of the cheatsheet (should have been 20) and handed them out, wrote some links / info on the whiteboard, facilitated the introductions. Then I said "go", answered questions, wrote notes on the board, and wrapped everything up at the end. For introductions, each person introduces themselves and says what they want to try / learn about Rakudo Perl 6. This helped people find potential pairings or groups of similar interests. During the hacking, I offered help to anyone who looked lost (pointing them at the appropriate docs or pairing them up with someone slightly less lost.) I think it was a slightly directed chaos, but didn't have any time to experiment with things myself and the time went by very quickly. If you have food at your meeting, you might be able to go for 3 hours with a break in the middle. There was visible fatigue after 90 minutes of intense concentration. To conclude the meeting, we went around the room again to ask each person what they accomplished or learned. Each person said "I was working on $x and I learned $y". Some examples of where people spent their time: * class / object definitions * how to create and use a module / include paths * reading / parsing a file * introspection This was not a lot of structure or time, but I think it gives just enough time and excuse to get Perl 5 users exposed to the current state of things in Perl 6 and Rakudo. Many people spent the entire time learning some basic differences and getting a feel for Perl 6. --Eric -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
