Workshop Description

This workshop is intended to reach out to women and non-binary people who are interested in learning Scala! We are emphatically queer & trans inclusive!
In this workshop, we'll take you through the basics of functional programming in Scala, a powerful language that has uses in everything from web applications to data science to large-scale distributed systems. By the end of the day, you'll have built several doodles, have a basic understanding of functional programming, and a grasp of Scala fundamentals.

To attend this event, you should have at least some familiarity with another programming language (like Ruby, Python, or Javascript). Students will be separated into different classes based on the experience level they choose when signing up. If you are completely new to programming, you should look at attending a RailsBridge event instead, or wait for a future ScalaBridge event when we hope to offer more-introductory workshops.

Workshop Schedule

Friday

6:00-8:00: pm

Saturday

8:30-9:30am: Check-in, breakfast (please arrive by 9am at the latest)
9:30am: Opening talk, student sorting
10am: Code
12:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Code
4:30pm: Closing talk, announcements & retrospectives
5-7pm: Afterparty (optional)

Transportation and Parking

Meetup's HQ entrance is located between Bleecker and Houston on Broadway (entrance is between a Duane Reade and a Petco). The BDFM (Broadway/Lafayette station) 6 (Bleecker St. station) stops on the same block as Meetup, and the RN (Prince St.) is just a few minutes walk away from the office. Meetup is located on the 9th floor. When you arrive, please let security know you will be heading to Meetup, they will let you access the elevators to the office. Wi-Fi will be available.

Food and Drinks

Dinner will be provided at the installfest. Breakfast and lunch will be provided on the day of the workshop.

Afterparty

Everyone's invited to have a drink together after the workshop. Location will be within a short walk from the workshop location.

Sponsors

Thanks to Meetup for providing the venue, Driver for sponsoring catering, and Bridgewater for sponsoring the afterparty and covering other costs.

Meetup

Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life. It is organized around one simple idea: when we get together and do the things that matter to us, we’re at our best. And that’s what Meetup does. It brings people together to do, explore, teach and learn the things that help them come alive.

For example, people run marathons, thanks to running Meetups. They write, thanks to writing Meetups. They change their careers, thanks to career Meetups. Because at Meetups, people welcome each other. They talk, help, mentor, and support each other – all in pursuit of moving their lives forward.

Driver

Driver is a consumer technology company building a treatment access platform for cancer patients. Far too often, patients are powerless when it comes to finding new treatments. Our platform empowers patients with access to the treatment breakthroughs that exist today.

Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is focused on understanding how the world works. By having the deepest possible understanding of the global economy and financial markets, and translating that understanding into great portfolios and strategic partnerships with institutional clients, we've built a distinct track record of success. We've done this for more than 40 years by having great people operate in a culture of radical truth and radical transparency. Today, we manage about $160 billion for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional clients including public and corporate pension funds, university endowments, charitable foundations, supranational agencies, sovereign wealth funds, and central banks.