ExploreTech Toronto Meetup - September 2016

> Featured talks this month

Dinah Shi will speak on Clean Code: The (Underrated) Art of Naming. There’s a saying that goes, “There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.” In this talk, Dinah discuss why naming is such a difficult problem, commonly made mistakes, and some guidelines for making meaningful names.

Stefan Ianta will speak about applying evolutionary design patterns to build software. Is it possible to build functional software automatically? Nature seems to think so as genetic code has been constantly re-combining and evolving to create functional biological life for millions of years. What if we applied similar evolutionary design patterns to building software? We will do just that in 2 simple demos, and then see how this process can be adapted for your own software projects, while at the same time creating a new way to develop software in a “smart market” of microservices.

> Schedule

6.30pm - Doors open & grab drinks/food
6.45pm - First talks starts (Doors close at 7pm)
7.15pm - Break to grab more food & mingle
7.30pm - Second talk starts
8.00pm - Talks end. Time to mingle & chat!
9pm - Doors close

> Goal

ExploreTech Toronto is about exploring and celebrating diversity in the tech industry - in the technology we use, the roles and people. You will get a chance to hear from a variety of speakers who are working on interesting technical projects. We will feature speakers in different roles from Project Owners, designers to backend, devops & IT.

Creating speaking opportunities for new speakers in Toronto’s technology community and to help achieve true gender balance within our local tech leadership. Our events will showcase at least 50% female speakers.

> Speakers

Highly experienced devs/POs/designers in tech willing to share their expertise & experiences through 15-20 minute presentations.

Come join us for some food, drinks, mingling & listen to some interesting talks!