[sf-perl] Reminder: Perl 6 Study this Sunday

Joseph Brenner doomvox at gmail.com
Thu Apr 19 12:02:36 PDT 2018


Last Sunday's Perl 6 session was fun-- though we didn't get very deep
into things-- and I'm going to try plunging ahead with them, but
tweaking the parameters a bit.

Next Sunday, April 22nd, it'll be the same place, but let's try
meeting in the afternoon, from 1pm to roughly 3pm.

For the "assigned reading", I suggest the perl6intro.pdf that ships
with the perl6 code-- take a look at that first if you can.
You can also find it on the web: http://perl6intro.com/

I still like the idea of using the Moritz Lenz "Perl 6 Fundamentals"
book as the main text, but we're not into that yet.





On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Brenner <doomvox at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a quick reminder: I'm experimenting with getting folks
> together to play around with Perl 6 on Sunday mornings at the
> Cafe over in the Oakland Museum.  I don't know about you, but I
> keep playing around with Perl 6, then putting it aside and
> forgetting what I know. I thought doing something like this might
> get me over the hump with the language of the future....
>
>   Perl 6 Informal Study Sessions
>   Sundays, starting on April 15
>   10am - Noonish
>   "Blue Oak Cafe" at the Oakland Museum
>   1000 Oak Street (at 10th Street)
>   near Lake Merritt BART
>
>   https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/37.79841/-122.26579
>
>   First reading:
>   https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell
>
>   Supplemental reading:
>     rakudo-star-2018.01/docs/perl6intro.pdf
>   (this comes with the perl6 code)
>
> Part of the idea here though, is that I want to play around with
> using this place for gatherings... the cafe is open to the public
> without paying a museum admission, it's quiet with lots of table
> space, and it's right by a BART station, and taken all together,
> that's pretty unusual.
>
> The meetup page is here:
>
>   https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl/events/249519961/
>
> An RSVP is appreciated, though not at all required, of course--
> and in fact if anyone here felt like working on something else,
> or just dropping by to hang-out, that's fine too.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 5:14 PM, Joseph Brenner <doomvox at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Okay, to start with the summary:
>>
>>   Perl 6 Informal Study Sessions
>>   Sundays, starting on April 15
>>   10am - Noonish
>>   "Blue Oak Cafe" at the Oakland Museum
>>   1000 Oak Street (at 10th Street)
>>   near Lake Merritt BART
>>
>>   https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/37.79841/-122.26579
>>
>>   First reading:
>>   https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell
>>
>>   And maybe (this comes with the perl6 code):
>>     rakudo-star-2018.01/docs/perl6intro.pdf
>>
>>
>> I want to try something new with the SF Perl group: an informal
>> series of study sessions focused on perl6.
>>
>> My idea is to get together for a few hours on Sunday mornings
>> over at the Oakland Museum cafe, and start going through one of
>> the new perl 6 books together (though there's plenty material to
>> look at at this point).  Rather than formal classes I'm thinking
>> more like hackfest-style with lots of shoulder surfing.
>> There will be announced readings, but it's up to you how much time
>> you spend on them before hand.
>>
>> For the first gathering, I figure we should start with just this
>> one web page:
>>
>>   https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell
>>
>> And after that we can start working through the main "course textbook".
>> My pick for that is the Moritz Lenz book, "Perl 6 Fundamentals",
>> which has a PDF available for free download:
>>
>>   https://www.world-of-digitals.com/en/moritz-lenz-perl-6-fundamentals-ebook-pdf
>>
>> You can also get a print-on-demand copy from Apress for a little over $30:
>>
>>   https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484228982
>>
>> And the code examples from it are on github:
>>
>>   https://github.com/Apress/perl-6-fundamentals
>>
>> For the location, I want to try using the Blue Oak Cafe over at
>> the Oakland Museum.  Despite being on the museum premises, this
>> is open to the public without paying a museum admission, and it's
>> right by the Lake Merrit BART station.  The coffee is good and
>> the food is decent, and I think the environment will work out
>> well. There's no wifi, however, so load-up your laptops in advance.
>>
>> In particular, you can install perl6 from:
>>
>>    https://perl6.org/downloads/
>>
>> Time and date: let's try every Sunday, 10am-Noonish.  Let's call
>> the first one official one April 15th (argh, the ides of
>> April... but it's always something).
>>
>> (Though I'm going to be hanging around there this Sunday as a trial run
>> if anyone feels like coming by.)


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