I like the idea! Best -F
Uri Guttman wrote: > 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 > > -- _________________________________________ -- "'Problem' is a bleak word for challenge" - Richard Fish (Federico L. Lucifredi) - http://www.lucifredi.com _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
