Intro to Scala from a C# Dev & Lightening talks

An Introduction to Scala from a C# Dev

"This talk will provide a gentle introduction to functional programming with Scala from the perspective of a C# developer, it will feature a short walk through of basic Scala syntax, concepts and basic data structures with some code examples . The talk will touch on some similarities between Scala and other programming languages, mostly C# and Java, and discuss what you could use it for"

Lightning Talks

This is an open call for lightning talks! Lightning talks can be anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes. New to alt .net? A great way to get involved is through a lightning talks. Think about what you are working on right now... Could you talk about that for 5 or 10 minutes?

If you think even maybe you could do a lightning talk please contact me mail@thejimmyp.com

UPDATE:

So far we have the following lightning talks planned:

Adam Schroder: HTML conventions everywhere John Bristowe: HTTP debugging with Fiddler Jim Pelletier: JavaScript unit testing with Jasmine Plenty of room for more!!