[Mpls-pm] One day Moose class?

[Dave Rolsky]

I have this one day Moose class I've developed. I was supposed to give it 
at YAPC, but I was sick and cancelled my trip.

Here's the class summary I wrote for YAPC:

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This will be an interactive hands-on course all about Moose. Moose is an 
OO system for Perl 5 that provides a simple declarative layer of "sugar" 
on top of a powerful, extensible meta-model.

With Moose, simple classes can be created without writing any subroutines, 
and complex classes can be simplified. Moose's features include a powerful 
attribute declaration system, type constraints and coercions, method 
modifiers ("before", "after", and "around"), a role system (like mixins on 
steroids), and more. Moose also has a vibrant ecosystem of extensions as 
seen in the variety of MooseX:: modules on CPAN.

This course will cover Moose's core features, dip a toe into the 
meta-model, and if there's time, explore some of the more powerful 
MooseX:: modules available on CPAN

Students are expected to bring a laptop, as you will be writing code 
during the class. You will also be provided with a tarball a week or so 
before the class is scheduled, which will contain a directory tree 
skeleton and test files.

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The class ended up being taught by Shawn Moore, and I got a lot of good 
feedback about the class slides and exercises.

I'd really like to give the class myself, and I was wondering if there was 
interest locally. I'd reserve a conference room at a hotel or on the UMN 
campus in Minneapolis or St Paul. I'm hoping to do this some time in 
August or September.

Normally, a one-day training session like this would run about $500 per 
person, but since this would be my first time actually giving the class, 
the rate would be a mere $120 per person.

In return, I want each attendee to commit to answering a short survey I'll 
give them after the class so I can get feedback on the class and my 
teaching. So there is a small price for the discount ;)

In order to make this happen, I'd need at least 5 people to sign up.

If you have questions about the class, let's discuss it on list, so 
everyone can see the answers.

If you're interested in attending, please let me know what days of the 
week are best. Would you prefer a weekday, Saturday, or Sunday? Or maybe 
it doesn't matter. Feel free to send this to me via private email.

If there is enough interest, I'll schedule it and then announce it on this 
list.



-dave

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