Clojure Workshop

Join New Orleans Functional Programming (NoFUN) and Tech Talent South for our Clojure Workshop! Seats are limited and we will will be providing catering so please only RSVP Yes if you plan to attend.

THE ATTENDEES (that's you!)
This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of experience level. We are ready to help you learn programming or, if you already know how to program, help you learn a new language. Our curriculum is flexible and our volunteers are ready to teach.

THE LANGUAGE
Functional programming is an exciting programming style that helps distributed programming like we find on typical web and mobile applications. It is gaining popularity because of the growth of the web, adoption by large companies, and an increasing pool of jobs. Clojure is a functional programming language created by Rich Hickey. It traces its roots to the Lisp family of languages. Clojure encourages an interactive programming style where you modify a live development system, so it is great for exploring ideas. At the same time, it’s incredibly stable and scales well to multiple cores. Clojure is used by many Fortune 50 companies, from Amazon, Apple, and PayPal, to eBay, CapitalOne, and Facebook. Clojure salaries are among the highest in the industry.

THE WORKSHOP
Install Party | Friday, June 21st | 6pm-8pm
Attendees will meet, mingle, grab a slice sponsored by Pizza Delicious and install the software needed for the workshop.

Clojure Workshop | Saturday, June 22nd | 8:30am-5pm
We will kick off the day with a quick breakfast. Experienced Clojure programmers will lead a series of lessons where attendees will learn to use the language. We will break for a catered lunch at 12:30pm.

Wrap Party | Saturday, June 22nd | 5pm-8pm
Event attendees and sponsors will network over drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

Scale Workspace
The Mission of Scale Workspace is to support and encourage the physical production of innovative products, devices, designs, and art here in New Orleans. The space aims to create a clear rallying point and serve as a hub for businesses and individuals interested in these pursuits. From college students to established product developers or engineers, Scale will shine a light on the work they do and push them to take their ideas beyond just concepts and bring them into production right here in New Orleans.

Resolvit
Founded in 2002, Resolvit is an international technology consulting firm with strategic centers in Washington, DC, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Cincinnati, OH, New Orleans, LA, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their team of more than 200 employees supports industry-leading customers in the life sciences, high tech, manufacturing, retail, financial services, and government sectors. Through their partnerships, they deliver highly impactful, innovative solutions across six core areas: Infrastructure Modernization, Enterprise Data & Analytics, Application Development Services, Knowledge & Content Management, Nearshoring Solutions, and Strategic Staffing Services.

LookFar
LookFar is a software and startup studio in New Orleans, culture capital of the entrepreneurial south. They believe the next wave of transformative technology companies will not come from Silicon Valley or New York City, but instead from unexpected ecosystems in the Southeast and Midwest. They are committed to being the engineers, mentors, and seed investors behind those companies. Their roots as a company lie in decades of experience in software development. As a startup studio, they aim to not only build great products, but also to launch successful companies by surrounding them with the human and financial capital needed to rapidly scale in a competitive landscape. They are looking for creative solutions to big (sometimes unsexy) problems and domain experts who are ready to put skin in the game. If you’re searching for a true partner to tackle technical and business challenges, they want to get to know you.

Mark Anderson

Pizza Delicious