Go(ne online) - Prepping for 1.18


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Hello Bristol Gophers ๐!
We're keeping our talks online for now. A zoom link will be added closer to the date.
Speakers:
๐ฃ Ben King - 1.18 Everything But Generics
Go 1.18 is a big release even without generics! This talk will be a quick run-through of all the other things in 1.18:
Ben King is one of the co-founders and the CTO at Tumelo. Since the founding of Tumelo and the choice of Go for its core, Ben has been involved with things Go: coding & community,
๐ฃ Alexander Joseph Trelore - An introduction to Type Parameters
Type parameters (referred to as generics), are a new feature coming to Go 1.18, this talk will be a lightning overview of resources, and a quick demo for type parameters.
Alexander is a senior software engineer at Replicated. He helps Ben run the meetup! In his free time, he's found tinkering with Go/Kubernetes on twitch.
โฐ Schedule:
- 18:00-18:05 intro/welcome
- 18:05-18:30 first speaker
- 18:30-18:55 second speake
- 18:55-19:00 farewell/next event info
๐ฃ We are looking for help with organising! If you or anyone you know would like to help, give us a shout! As you can see, our pun game especially is in dire need of a
๐ฃHelp us grow! JetBrains offers free licences to meet-ups with attendance greater than 30. If we can reach this, we will apply and be handing it out as a prize at events.
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Go(ne online) - Prepping for 1.18