Global Day of Code Retreat

• Are you a software engineer looking for ways to improve your craft?

• Are you a junior developer looking for ways to optimize your learning?

• Do you find yourself struggling with TDD?

• Do you wish to experience pair programming or find ways to improve?

• Do you wish you could find time to deliberately practice coding?

• Would you like to explore how external forces change the code you write?

• Do you wish to connect with like minded engineers?

If you said yes to any of those questions, then join us for the 2017 Global Day of Code Retreat!

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Description

GDCR is a free event for developers that is truly global, run annually, and organized in local communities by volunteers. The Salt Lake City of GDCR 2017 will be hosted at V-School on November 18th. This is a free event open to anyone with a passion for developing, or learning how to develop, high quality software. Breakfast and lunch will be provided by V-School.

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Basic event format

• Fill a room with developers from diverse backgrounds

• Start with a simple programming problem: Conway's Game of Life.

• Over the day, work with different partners to discuss and solve the problem in different ways.

• Use pair programming and TDD to implement your solutions.

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Preparation

V School is providing both space and food, so that we can focus on honing our skills and crafting quality code! So all you need to bring is an insatiable desire to practice your software crafting skills and your laptop. If you have a favorite set of development tools or favorite test framework(s), make sure they're installed.

It's not required, but some people like to learn a little bit about Conway's Game of Life (GoL) before the GDCR. Conway's GoL has four simple rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life#Rules), but the result of those rules can appear fascinatingly complex. There are lots of online resources that are only a search away, but Wikipedia's entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life) and ConwayLife.com's Wiki (http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page) are both good places to start; if you're more of a video person, check out AlexFSmirnov's 2 min intro to GoL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiTEqLJGJQg).

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Transportation

Public Transit - V School is located in the UTA Blue Zone. There is a bus stop immediately in front of the V-School building (https://www.google.com/maps/place/160+S+%26+State+St/@40.7659814,-111.8906138,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8752f50ef466c0c5:0x4599dc75710d0e92!8m2!3d40.7659814!4d-111.8884251) and the Gallivan Plaza Trax station (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gallivan+Plaza+Station/@40.7638106,-111.8917881,18z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sGallivan+Plaza+Station,+Salt+Lake+City,+UT!3m4!1s0x8752f50fc0167561:0x64153d67eb6bfe0b!8m2!3d40.7638551!4d-111.8910708) is only a block away.

Driving - Street parking is strictly limited to 2 hours maximum. We highly recommend that you park in the Wells Fargo Gallivan Center parking lot at 55 Broadway (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7630503,-111.8899323,20z), just to the east of Spitz.

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For more info information on the Global Day of Code Retreat visit: http://coderetreat.org/