Wiki - Hackathon
The Frozen Perl Hackathon will take place on Sunday, February 8th, the day after the conference. We will be reserving space for the hackathon soon, details to follow.
Last year we could accommodate approximately 25 people and expect similar accommodations this year. Please sign up below with your name and what you're interested in working on. If you're interested in leading a project work session please say so.
Where
University Office Plaza
2221 University Ave SE
It's a block away from the Frozen Perl Venue and best of all, we got it for FREE!
1st floor conference room, wireless internet coverage is pretty good.
Food
Our budget is tighter this year, so we probably won't provide food.
(edit: We MAY be able to afford a couple slices of pepperoni, but still come prepared if that doesn't happen - either way, bring a few red bulls!)
Projects and Project Leaders
Project leaders, please post below the project name you'd like to lead along with your name. Focused projects with delegable objectives are good, but we are open to anything. Some suggestions: Parrot, Moose, resume writing, Catalyst, Bricolage/Krang, Jifty.
- Rakudo & Parrot - Patrick Michaud (Pm)
- Introductory Hackathon - Seth Viebrock, Steven Lembark
- Testing Your Module - Steven Lembark
Project Descriptions
- Rakudo & Parrot - Patrick Michaud will lead a hackathon focusing on Rakudo and Parrot. More details TBA.
- Introductory Hackathon - I noticed last year that several people showed up to the hackathon with no clear project to work on, and some who signed up but didn't show. To these people: come to the hackathon this time, no matter your skill level. For this project we'll cover the basics of getting a module CPAN-ready. We'll look at Module::Build and/or Module::Starter, ensure POD coverage, write some simple tests, test Kwalitee, and cover developer-related aspects of CPAN. If there is time, interest, and a group of participants still remaining after the basics are covered, we could hack together a little feed aggregator or some simple modularized app wherein everyone could specialize in and contribute something regardless of their skill level. If we don't finish this year we could work on it at YAPC or save it for next year. The end product of our efforts may not directly and immediately benefit the Perl community, but this will certainly be indirectly beneficial by introducing the concepts and attitudes of contribution.
- Test Your Module - Once you have the idea for a module, finding ways to test it effectively are not always easy. This would give people a chance to work through Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook, deciding how to apply the material to their own modules -- or to a module they use that does not have adequate tests.
Attendees
Put your name and project(s) you're interested in working on ...
- Seth Viebrock - Introductory Hackathon
- Steven Lembark - Testing Your Module
- Chris Dolan (chrisdolan) - Rakudo
- Dave Rolsky (autarch) - Moose, Fey, can help others with any of my CPAN modules if they're interested
- James Carman (Jeremy) - Introductory Hackathon
- Jonathan Otsuka (dj_goku) - Introductory Hackathon
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