Go 1.8 Release Party

To celebrate the release of Go 1.8 we're organising a Brno local release party, which is part of a world wide release party (https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Go-1.8-Release-Party).

===== PROGRAM =====

1. What's new in Go 1.8

An overview of the improvements landing in this new release of the Go programming language.

Speaker: Rodolfo Carvalho

Rodolfo is a software developer at Red Hat, where he works on OpenShift (https://github.com/openshift/origin), the open source container platform written in Go. On his free time, he organizes weekly coding dojos (https://www.facebook.com/CodingDojoBrno/events) in Brno, sharing communication, programming, testing and designing skills in Go and other languages.

GitHub (https://github.com/rhcarvalho) | LinkedIn (https://cz.linkedin.com/in/rhcarvalho)

2. My Coding Dojo Journey in Go

A journey from zero to a Go Test Driven Developer. Subjective 5-month retrospective of a regular coding dojo participant sharing the experience that got stuck in his head:

• Tiny bits of Go basics that keep adding up.
• Unpredictable human interactions leading to aha moments.
• Using the coding dojo experience in my regular job.

Speaker: Pavel Pospisil

Pavel is a developer at Red Hat, working on Kubernetes Storage, integrating Kubernetes with various storage technologies.

GitHub (https://github.com/pospispa) | LinkedIn (https://cz.linkedin.com/in/pavel-pospisil-a1966623)

3. Decorator pattern in Go

An introduction to Decorator pattern and how it improved a REST API's code written in Go.

Speaker: Jan Prukner

Jan studies Information Technology at VUT FIT. He is currently working on a top-secret Go Web application.

GitHub (https://github.com/jprukner)

4. YOUR TALK HERE

We're still looking for one more speaker for this event. If you'd like to share your experiences with Go, please contact us.