hackathon sounds like fun :) i will be there if i can. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:58 PM, sawyer x <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey everyone, > > since both Gabor and I were at YAPC::NA 2012 and recently returned, we > didn't really get to prepare the meeting for this month. > No one has submitted talks, and the time is short, so this month we will > forego our June meeting. > > We will however have our meeting next month! > Also, we can set up a hackathon for next week, if enough people are > interested. > > *Please submit talks* > If you've never given a talk at TelAviv.pm before, this is your time! > Prepare a talk (5 or 10 or 20 or 40 minutes long) about anything you want: > - Your work > - Projects you've done (in your company, outside your company) > - Modules you like using > - A tricky situation you've solved, and how > - An application that makes your life easier > - A database less familiar to people > - A certain work methodology you use > - How to work with a popular code-related websites (Github, HiveMinder, > Trello, for instance) > - Whatever you're interested in > > It doesn't have to be about Perl, but you get extra points if it does! > > *Please submit talk ideas > *There are a lot of people who can and are willing to give talks about > subjects they're familiar with, but it's tricky to know what people want to > hear. Although the rule of thumb is "just submit it", some people find it > easier when they're being asked to give a talk about something specific. If > there are things you're interested in, voice them in the mailing list and > perhaps others who are familiar with that topic will be willing to give a > talk about it. > > Here are several ideas for talks: > - (cpanm +) local::lib - why use it? how does it work? > - App::FatPacker - why use it? how does it work? no, really? > - the PSGI/Plack stack > - Arduino and Perl > - Nginx - why? how? > - Asynchronous Perl - IO::Async, POE, AnyEvent and more > - Tricks you're using to work with older Perls (5.6 and downwards) > - WWW::Mechanize for fun and profit > - Perl::Critic > - The state of Padre, the Perl IDE > > I'd be happy to hear about more ideas anyone has. Also, I'd be happy to > hear if anyone (and who) would be interested in hearing any of these > topics. Let's vote on this, and if people see a subject that they're > familiar with and is desired, they'll be able to talk about it. > > Also write in the mailing list if you want to give talks but you want more > ideas. > > *Hackathon?* > Gabor has suggested a hackathon a few times. It's a pretty successful > concept abroad and people get together and learn how to do things (use > objects, use frameworks, write interfaces, solve work or non-work problems, > etc.), code new stuff, add features to other applications, and so on. I > think this could play out well in our group and people could both learn a > lot from it and enjoy themselves. It is very enjoyable, trust me! :) > > If you're interested in doing a hackathon, mention it on the list. If we > get enough people (I reckon 4+ is a good number), we could do a hackathon > instead of or following our Perl Mongers meeting. Some hackathons have 10, > 20 and even 30 people. In that case, we just break off to groups where > people work on whatever they want. > > Here are some ideas for stuff you can accomplish at a hackathon: > - rewriting a CGI app in Dancer, or add features to an existing web app > - rewriting an application using Moose > - contributing to a CPAN module (fixing a bug, adding a feature, > correct/adding documentation/tests, etc.) > - adding a feature to a CPAN module > - writing a new CPAN module > - working on TelAviv.pm.org and automating the tools to update it > > I'd be happy to hear about more ideas anyone has, and any input at all. > > All the best, > Sawyer. > > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl >
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