<div dir="ltr"><div>This March we will hear about Rex and Plack!<br></div><div><u><b><br>In a nutshell:</b></u><br>
Date: Monday, March 24th.<br>
Time: 18:30 - 20:30 (theoretically)<br>
Location: Booking.com, Herengracht 597, Beijing room on 5th floor.<br>
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<b><u>Talks:</u></b><u><br></u></div><div><u>Simon Bertrang - Automating Execution, Deployment and Configuration... with Perl!<br></u><br>In the DevOps world quite some noise is made around configuration management and deployment systems - Perl also has an option in this area: Rex.<br>
<br>This talk presents how Rex works, shows a few use-cases, gives examples and ideas on how to solve recurring tasks by automating them away.<u></u><br>
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Sawyer <span class="">X</span></u><u> - </u><u>Perl and the Web - A Love Story<br>
</u><br></div><div>(this is the talk I was supposed to do in January)<br></div><div><br>
<div>In the beginning of the great kingdom of the Internet, there was
one ruler: Perl. With time, fallen from grace, the beautiful princess
language lost its place on the throne, giving way to Ruby, Python, and
to the dismay and horror of everyone in the kingdom, PHP.<br>
<br></div><div>But all is not lost. While underground, Perl has schemed a plot to overthrow the competitors. That plan is Plack/PSGI.<br><br></div>Interested in knowing more? Attend the talk, if you dare!<br><br></div><div>
<u>Lightning talks round!<br></u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div>Please let me know if you're interested in giving a short lightning talk (up to 5 minutes).<br><div>
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<u><b>Unabridged:</b></u><br>
You've probably heard of the Perl Mongers meetings, where fellow
Perl (and non-Perl programmers) can get together to "talk shop",
make fun of everything (including Perl) and have a good time.
These meetings often have a few technical talks (which are
usually light-hearted, and not necessarily - but likely -
involve Perl). There are already the <span class="">Amsterdam</span>.pm meetings. This is
not about those. This is about <span class="">AmsterdamX</span>.pm, which will have its
next meeting on <b>March 24th</b>, at <b>18:30</b>, in the <b>Beijing room (5th floor)</b> at <b>Booking.com</b>,
<b>Herengracht 597</b>.<br>
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The talks can be a 5 minute tidbit about a cool module, or a 40
minute tutorial about some cool new (or old) software.<br>
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<b><u><span class="">AmsterdamX</span>.pm?</u><br>
</b><span class="">AmsterdamX</span>.pm (<span class="">Amsterdam</span> eXpats Perl Mongers) is a new Perl
Mongers group whose purpose is to optimize for expats. The major
differences are:<br>
* use English; We might speak more than 50 languages, but we
commonly speak only one.<br>
* Meeting early: we meet at 18:30, so you can come straight from
work instead of having a long buffer time to the meeting.<br>
* Held at Booking.com, where most expats in <span class="">Amsterdam</span> already
work.<br>
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This isn't instead of <span class="">Amsterdam</span>.pm, but to provide an additional
group. It is not meant to replace, but to supplement. There is
no affiliation between <span class="">Amsterdam</span>.pm and <span class="">AmsterdamX</span>.pm.<br>
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<b><u>Why should I attend?</u><br>
</b>Here are a few reasons which might appeal to you:<br>
* You will improve your knowledge of Perl (and most likely other
technologies) through the knowledge and experience of others.
It's like a free course, with snacks!<br>
* You could give a talk and share your knowledge and experience.
If you're going to YAPC to give a talk, this is great practice.<br>
* It's a wonderful chance to socialize.<br>
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<u><b>How many talks, and how long are they?</b></u><br>
Usually there will be 2-3 talks, ranging between 5 minutes
(lightning) and 40 minutes (tutorial).<br>
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<u><b>Is it just for Booking.com?</b></u><br>
No. This isn't Booking.pm, this is <span class="">AmsterdamX</span>.pm. (also,
Sparta!)<br>
This means that everyone is invited! At first we would like
people to <b>register</b> so we could have a good estimate of
the people arriving. This will help with various things like
optimized snack distribution, making sure reception knows of
people arriving that don't have keys, making sure we get a
proper room, etc.<br>
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<u> </u><b><u>Now I'm interested, what's the next step?</u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
Please let us know by return email if you will be attending as
well as the names of anyone you plan on bringing from outside
of Booking.com.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Then
mark the date, time and place and show up!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">See you there!<br>
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