Better Recursion with Swift / Build An Open Source Swift Project

*** PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE ***

This month we are venturing out of our comfy spot in DUMBO and headed to the city. The folks over at ustwo (https://ustwo.com) have graciously offered to host us in their brand new office space in the Financial District. Check in with Security in the lobby (make sure your RSVP includes your real name!) then head to the 16th floor. They will be providing food & drinks as well :)

Ricky Robinett (https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett) (Developer Evangelist @ Twilio) will be encouraging us to build our first open source project in Swift while reminding us there's no reason to feel nervous because everyone's a n00b. Matt Isaacs (https://twitter.com/haveahennessy) (iOS @ ustwo) will follow with a discussion around the intricacies of recursion in Swift.

See you on the 25th!

Ricky Robinett: Hey You! Build An Open Source Swift Project (Even If No One Uses It)
Releasing your code out into the world as an open source project can be intimidating. But remember, every single Swift developer in the world has between 0 and 14 months experience. This is just one of the many reasons why I think you, yes YOU!, should take on the challenge. I'll share a bit about my experience building SwiftRequest (https://github.com/rickyrobinett/SwiftRequest) and why it's been a rewarding journey... even if no one else uses it :)

Bio: Ricky is a Brooklyn, NY based hacker currently working as a Developer Evangelist at Twilio. He’s focused on creating fun and entertaining apps. His apps have been used by hundreds of thousands of users and covered in multiple media outlets including: CNN, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Mashable, VentureBeat and the Today Show. You can contact Ricky on twitter (https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett) or via email (ricky.robinett@gmail.com).

Matt Isaacs: Better Recursion with Swift
This month we're going back to basics with a deep dive into recursion. "Recursion is purely a syntactical nicety, and carries a lot of overhead." I hear you say. Generally true, but Swift has some special features that we can leverage to get over many of the issues typically associated with recursion. Join us if you'd like to know more!

Bio: Matt is an electrical engineer who made the jump from building hardware to writing software about 7 years ago - starting with device drivers and firmware, and has been climbing up the stack ever since. He now works on a variety of things mostly involving iOS at ustwo.