Scala Crash Course
We would like to increase diversity in the Scala community, and give people an opportunity to participate in Scalathon who don't know Scala yet.
So we're co-organizing the...
Scala Crash Course for women and their frieends
Schedule
The overall structure of the event is three parts: (1) students arrive and set up their development environment, (2) students optionally listen to a brief lecture on Scala basics, (3) students work hands-on with Scala through exercises. The staff are always available for answering questions one-on-one.
- 3:30 PM: If you want to arrive early to do laptop setup or ask questions, you can arrive at 3:30.
- 4 PM: All students should be at the event.
- 4 - 5 PM: Lecture.
- 5 - 5:45 PM: Hands-on practice with Scala exercises.
- 5:45 - 6:15: Food break. (Middle Eastern food, sponsored by Scalathon.)
- 6:15 - 8:00: More hands-on practice time. (Short stretch break at 7:00.)
- 8:00: It's over! Join up with the documentation crowd, and go out to food and drinks at Philly Lambda. (See also the "Friday" portion of the Scalathon schedule.
Curriculum
- To be determined. Runar wrote on the teachers list about using his office's Scala tutorial content, which sounds great.