After Work Racket, Episode 1: Frankfurt

The first edition of After Work Racket will take place in Frankfurt!

The goal of the first meeting is to find out who's out there interested in Racket and/or language-oriented programming, useful tips & tricks for Racket hacking, problems & obstacles, neat libraries. Two talks are scheduled so far:

• Paulo Matos, Linki Tools: "Full-time high performance Racket"

Abstract: Not many people have decided to take on Racket programming yet. Of those, not many do it full-time and of those who do, not many do it in a commercial setting for a project with high performance requirements. I will discuss the reasons why I am doing it, the challenges I faced and my current results.

• Jesse Alama, Vicampo: "How I made a #lang out of rage"

Abstract: In my day job as a web developer, I sometimes work on a JSON-based HTTP API. Frustrated with the limitations of the available tools, I made a Racket #lang to make black box testing of this API more pleasant for myself and my teammates. (Anything that reduces the friction of software testing is probably a win!)

If you're interested in presenting something, please let the organizer know.

Kindly hosted by ioki.

Transportation: U-Bahn Alte Oper, S-Bahn Taunusanlage. Parking is available around the Alte Oper in the block next to ioki.