All about monads, and Phocate: A monadic parser in and for PHP

Our last meetup on Advent of Code was really appreciated by those who participated, so we will try the same format again.

We start with Samuel Ytterbrink presenting Phocate, a monadic parser written in PHP which parses PHP. After the 15 minute presentation, we split into three groups. Each group has a focus and while the group has a prepared leader the discussion is driven by everyone's participation.

• Group 1 is lead by Samuel himself and goes deeper into Phocate and his experience using monadic code in PHP.
• Group 2 is lead by Jean-Louis Giordano and is an introduction to monads for those new to the concept or have no prior experience of using monads themselves.
• Group 3 is lead by Johan Lodin and focuses on the monad abstraction itself and are for those who are comfortable using monads.
• (Group 4 is lead by no one and focuses on mingling!)

This event is hosted by SpeedLedger AB in Nordstan.
The company goal is to reduce the anxiety and pains involved in running a small business and uses Scala in their products.

See you there!