One aspect of the joy comes embracing ALL sorts of technology, from Arduinos to rockets, from compilers to web apps. So with the recent update in the Perl-Family languages of Perl 6 → Raku ... we took this as a fun time to update our own name!
We shall be henceforth known as the DC-Baltimore Perlyglot Workshop! Coming to you live on April 18-19 at Johns Hopkins University, just north of Baltimore, MD. I sure hope you'll join us :)
Be there or be :onion:!
]]>We're looking for more talk submissions for the DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop (April 6, 2019, Silver Spring, MD)! Submit by Jan 31 (OR SOONER) at http://bit.ly/dcbpw-cfp and learn more at https://dcbpw.org/dcbpw2019/.
The DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop is a 1-day, 2-track conference (Saturday, April 6). The attendees are Perl Programmers and enthusiasts, interested in the latest technology and techniques -- Beginner, Advanced, Bizarre... all of the things!
Example talk topics:
You are welcome to submit more than one talk. We will accept submissions until January 31. That will then give us time to share the schedule with attendees!
If your talk is accepted and confirmed by you, we will send you a special invitation link to free registration as a speaker.
Email further questions to dcbpw-organizers@googlegroups.com, and learn more at our website, https://dcbpw.org/dcbpw2019/
]]>After a brief break (and local hosting of The Perl Conference 2017), we are again hosting the DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday April 6, 2019! The day will be dedicated to two tracks of Perl-related technology talks, targeting all levels of programming experience.
Our Call For Presenters is open! Find some info on our site, or jump directly to the talk submission form.
I'm looking forward to learning a few things, making new friends, and greet returning attendees on our ... mmm... 6th iteration of this workshop :)
Direct questions to dcbpw-organizers@googlegroups.com.
The conference is a few weeks away (June 19-21 for the core conference, 18th and 22-23 for tutorials), so be sure to register and we'll see you soon!
]]>The core conference itself is Mon-Wed, and we're hosting some paid-tutorials on the days before and after. The outline:
Sunday 6/18 - Pre-Conference Tutorials
Perl in a Day (John Anderson)
Introduction to Moose (Dave Rolsky)
Perl Second Best Practices ( Randal Schwartz ) - 1/2 day
Unicode and Associated Punishments (Ricardo Signes) - 1/2 day
Monday 6/19 - Conference Day 1
Registation, Intro, Announcements, Snacks
Talks -- 4 tracks
Lightning Talks!
Keynote
Evening activities -- VIP and Sponsors Dinner
Tuesday 6/20 - Conference Day 2
Intro, Announcements, Snacks
Talks -- 4 tracks
Lightning Talks!
Keynote
Evening activities -- General Event
Wednesday 6/21 - Conference Day 3
Intro, Announcements, Snacks
Talks -- 4 tracks
Lightning Talks!
Keynote
Thursday 6/22 - Post-Conference Tutorials 1
Advanced Parsing Techniques (Mark Jason Dominus) - 1/2 day
Higher Order Perl (Mark Jason Dominus) - 1/2 day
MongoDB with Perl (David Golden)
New Perl (Damian Conway)
Friday 6/23 - Post-Conference Tutorials 2
Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars (Damian Conway)
]]>The Perl Conference 2017 in DC (known in a parallel universe as YAPC::NA 2017) will be held at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in a historic suburb of DC, from June 18-23!
We are happy to open up submissions for talks and tutorials, you can see all the details and submit at www.perlconference.us/tpc-2017-dc/cfp/. We are looking for talks about anything interesting to Perl Developers of all experience levels -- from specific techniques and libraries to good ways to organize an agile team or Getting Things Done ... related technologies like your favorite data storage engine or how you automated your home. If in doubt -- submit!
Follow our twitter feed @perlconferences for news and updates. If you have any questions or comments about the CFP please email talks@perlconference.us or for more general inquiries admin@perlconference.us.
I hope to see you all there!!
]]>On behalf of myself and all of the workshop organizers, you are cordially invited to submit talks for the 2016 DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop, which will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Baltimore, MD!
Submit via the Google Form (a new experiment this year).
As in previous years, by default talks are 25 minutes, which we've found is a sweet spot for most topics. We get a great variety -- enough to get a dose of newness and not overwhelm. We also welcome proposals for more tutorial-style talks of around 50 minutes. We'll take the talks and build out a two-track schedule.
Speakers of all levels are welcome! This regional meetup is great for getting your first taste of giving a community talk, sharing projects or topics that you have experience with, or even doing a first run for a talk you'll be presenting at a larger conference! All Perl-related topics are welcome -- from beginner to advanced, from technical to social.
No need to submit talks for the Sunday, April 17 hackathon -- we'll have more info on that code and learning festival in future updates! And of course -- all are welcome to register for the conference -- this year you can register over at Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, email us (dcbpw-organizers@googlegroups.com)! We'll even be happy to help you tune your topic.
]]>As in previous years, by default talks are 20-25 minutes, which we've found is a sweet spot for most topics. We get a great variety -- enough to get a dose of newness and not overwhelm. We also welcome proposals for more tutorial-style talks of around 50 minutes. We'll take the talks and build out a two-track schedule.
Speakers of all levels are welcome! This regional meetup is great for getting your first taste of giving a community talk, sharing projects or topics that you have experience with, or even doing a first run for a talk you'll be presenting at a larger conference such as YAPC::NA 2015 in Salt Lake City! All Perl-related topics are welcome -- from beginner to advanced, from technical to social.
No need to submit talks for the Sunday April 12 hackathon -- we'll have more info on that code and learning festival in future updates! And of course -- all are welcome to register for the conference; $25 for early-registration prior to March 1. Free registration for students and the unemployed.
So head on over to dcbpw.org to sign up to speak (or attend)!. If you have any questions, email us (dcbpw-organizers@googlegroups.com)! We'll even be happy to help you tune your topic.
]]>Attention Speakers! You are invited to submit talks for the 2014 DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop, which will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014, in Silver Spring, MD.
As in previous years, by default talks are 20-25 minutes, which we've found is a sweet spot for most topics. We get a great variety -- enough to get a dose of newness and not overwhelm. We also welcome proposals for more tutorial-style talks of around 50 minutes. We'll take the talks and build out a two-track schedule.
Speakers of all levels are welcome! This regional meetup is great for getting your first taste of giving a community talk, sharing projects or topics that you have experience with, or even doing a first run for a talk you'll be presenting at a larger conference such as YAPC::NA 2014 in Orlando! All Perl-related topics are welcome -- from beginner to advanced, from technical to social.
No need to submit formal talks for the Sunday May 4 hackathon -- we'll have more info on that code and learning festival in future updates! And of course -- all are welcome to register for the conference; $25 for early-registration prior to April 1. Free registration for students and the unemployed.
If you have any questions, email us (dcbpw-organizers@googlegroups.com)! We'll even be happy to help you tune your topic.
]]>We have room for more attendees -- even day-of registration is ok, in case you wake up Saturday morning and think to yourself "hey! I could be hanging out with awesome perl nerds right now! WHAT AM I THINKING?! Also where did I leave my hat?"
We have a great schedule of talks this year. There will be two talks at a time -- one targeting general perl developer interests, and the other focused on training/tutorial material. Talk topics include Code Coverage, Unicode, Elastic Search, and even some Scala. [Note: We actually have a small gap in my schedule for tutorials -- if there is something you want to give a 50-minute tutorial on let me know! We have some fallbacks that I'll get in place soon otherwise].
On Sunday we have a room, electricity, wifi, and like-minded people interested in all sorts of projects. You don't have to attend the workshop to attend project-time -- just add your interests to the Hackathon Wiki Page.
Infinity Interactive is providing some additional trainings (separate from the main conference) on Sunday, April 21. In the morning is the ever popular Intro to Moose, brought to you by some of the core creators and maintainers. In the afternoon is Web Development 101, which will you bring you up to date on the latest and greatest Best Practices in web development. These are offered for the low low price of $25 each, and you don't have to attend the Saturday workshop.
You might also look into WWW::HtmlUnit, which is perl bindings for the java library. I've been using that at work for a long time now and like it quite a bit.