Erlang and ChicagoBoss Intro

[kotedo]

Hi guys,

From the last response until now was the time that I needed to put a simple ChicagoBoss application together which will help me to track the people who said they are coming.

Here is the URL to sign up: http://thejeeper.net:8010/signup/create

Enjoy!

Hope to see you soon in person.

—Kai

P.S.: I am going to add some more features to it, so, don't be surprised if there are brief blips of errors. It will be nice soon.

[Jasdeep Singh]

Thanks Kai. Count me in. 

———

Regards,

Jasdeep Singh

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[kotedo]

You're welcome!

[Jason Meridth]

Kai,

I'd sign up, but when and where?  :)

Or is that to TBD based on interest?
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[Kai Janson]

Hi Jason,

You're right! It's TBD depending on the interest. 10 people minimum!

--Kai

P.S.: Did you get an email as your confirmation? Just curious...

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[Jason Meridth]

Cool.  Thanks.
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[Kai Janson]

Thank you!!

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[Doug]

I'm in. Going to spread the word at my office and see if I can get a few people to sign up.

-Doug

[iSeiryu]

7 guys already signed up including me

[Greg Cerveny]

i'd be interested depending on location/time

[Josh_Campbell]

I have a Software Architect (my professor Kevin Roark) who's
interested in attending the meetings. He will need the time/Date/Place
in advanced though.

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[kotedo]

Hi group!

I am very humbled that we got 8 people thus far!

It will be my pleasure to have some hands-on material ready for the meeting.

I am planning, and this is open to suggestions at any time, to do something like this:

• Functional programming in Erlang
  
• Unit testing in Erlang (this is actually a fun thing to do, as weird as it sounds)
• ChicagoBoss web framework (everyone who signed up saw the results of a quick project in ChicagoBoss)
• Troubleshooting Erlang (Erlang comes with batteries included)

Since we are shooting for 10 people I'd say the session should last maybe 2 hours with a possible open end if wanted/needed.

I would hate to leave things unanswered.  As far as the location goes, I was hoping that AlamoCoders can still use NewHorizon's facilities,

Phil, Jasdeep?

If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know.

Thank you all!

—Kai

[Ulises Reyes]

Hello, 

I'd like to assist too!

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[kotedo]

Hi Ulises,

You'd like to assist? In holding the class or would you like to participate in the Erlang Meeting?

Either way is fine, just let me know, let's meet and we'll go from there.

—Kai

[iSeiryu]

I really like the plan and would like to talk more about
multithreading and web development with Erlang.
Btw,
Kai, I got a confirmation email but it went to junk folder :)

[kotedo]

Hi,

Multithreading is usually a term that goes together with imperative languages.  Functional languages, especially Erlang uses super lightweight processes instead.

The good thing is that these processes are light, easy and fast to spawn and destroy.

Be surprised how easy it is when you see it in action.

Web development with Erlang could be considered a natural symbiosis. Erlang was designed to be used in telecommunications where things can and do fail all the time.

Fault tolerance was one of the major ideas behind creating Erlang, so it's very resilient.

 

Hope that's a bit helpful and starts to make some sense … soon.

—Kai

Yeah, the email was sent from a "made-up-account" on my server which did not match the domain name; that has been fixed. :)

[iSeiryu]

And of course the introducing into functional programming with simple
examples!

[Ulises Reyes]

Sorry, I meant I would like to go to the erlang meeting. 

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[kotedo]

Sign up so we have an official count. :)  http://thejeeper.net:8010/create

Thank you!

—Kai

[Jasdeep Singh]

Kai;

Thanks for organizing this effort. We should be able to schedule new horizons for this talk. Also the good news is that we can have a sponsor who would be willing to bring some refreshments like pizza and drinks. 

Let me know what you are thinking in terms of date and time. May I suggest starting no later than 545 pm if that's ok with everyone attending. 

———

Regards,

Jasdeep Singh

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[kotedo]

Hi Jas,

Thank you for letting me know.  I'd like to pick a date that almost all who signed up can attend.

Here is my observation from the past AlamoCoders meetings; we had on a weekday afternoon and only a few people showed.

Being burnt by this myself, I turn around an ask the people who signed up, what would be the best day and the best time window?

Personally, I would not mind a Saturday either, but I recall that NewHorizons might be closed.

So, one more round on the time and date and we can get cranking Erlang and ChicagoBoss!

Thank you all!

—Kai

[Josh_Campbell]

As I stated previously, I will be meeting up with a few people at
Local Coffee over on stone Oak on Friday around 7pm if you guys want
to get together there and discuss it.

I have an interview at Lackland AFB at 3:30pm for a low-level help
desk position (I'm still looking for an entry-level programming
position). The interview also includes filling out a top secret
clearance packet, but I don't think that should cause me to be late.

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[kotedo]

Hi everyone!

Number 10 just signed up!

That means I'll be scheduling a meeting with the help of Jas and or Phil (the other two directors of the AlamoCoders) and

get the ball rolling!

Thank you very much for everyone who signed up.

The registration will remain open until the minute the meeting starts.

Make sure you sign up, so we know how many pizzas we need to get for you all!

Thank you for making me believe that we can do something like this.

The Austin Erlang Group has usually 5 − 7 attendees, let's see that we can beat that!

—Kai

[Jasdeep Singh]

Big thing is let's see if we can beat that, CONSISTENTLY. 

Would love to see that happen. 

———

Regards,

Jasdeep Singh

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[Brian Howe]

Kai,

I will also sign up. I went to a couple of meetings you had last year.
Will you be using a similar format that you were trying then with
attendees working with the tools on their laptops? if so, can you
provide system requirements in advance?

Thanks,
Brian Howe

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Jasdeep Singh
<jasdeep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Big thing is let's see if we can beat that, CONSISTENTLY.
>
> Would love to see that happen.
>

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> Regards,
> Jasdeep Singh
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 26, 2012, at 10:09 AM, kotedo <kot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> Number 10 just signed up!
>
> That means I'll be scheduling a meeting with the help of Jas and or Phil
> (the other two directors of the AlamoCoders) and
> get the ball rolling!
>
> Thank you very much for everyone who signed up.
>
> The registration will remain open until the minute the meeting starts.
> Make sure you sign up, so we know how many pizzas we need to get for you
> all!
>
> Thank you for making me believe that we can do something like this.

> The Austin Erlang Group has usually 5 - 7 attendees, let's see that we can
> beat that!
>
> --Kai

[kotedo]

Hi Brian,

Yes, it will be similar and I will release the needed tools before the meeting.

Basically I am asking for a laptop that has about 10GB space free on its hard disk and VirtualBox preinstalled.

I love the batteries-included approach and so there will be no surprise when we meet.

We will focus on what we can do with it, rather than setting it up.

This is about programming, not systems administration.

For the folks who like to give it a head start and use their own native installation

(which is fine by me, but you're on your own if something doesn't work on meeting day)

here is what you need:

A working Erlang R15B release (or R140X is fine, too) and the ChicagoBoss latest version.

Furthermore an editor your familiar with and can do what's needed to modify and create

Erlang sources.

That's it.  If I can think of anything else, I'll post it later and let you all know where the information is.

—Kai

[Ryan Stewart]

I'd vote for a weekday starting between 5:30 and 6:00, any day but the first Tuesday of the month (overlaps with the JUG, which I run).

[Aaron Lee]

I'm in if its some time on the weekend or after 6:30 pm on a weekday. Our team works until 5:45-6:30 everyday and getting across town at 5:30 takes forever.

Also, if we want to use Geekdom I have access to the space.

Aaron

[Joshua Campbell]

I have class Weds and Thurs from 6pm -10pm             Sincerely           Joshua A. Campbell   ____________________________ Future Software Engineer --- On Fri, 1/27/12, Ryan Stewart <zzan...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Sergey Ivanov]

Any weekend would be good for me. Somewhere after 5 pm. I might be able to make it during the week but I need to know the exactly date.

[Josh_Campbell]

Well whatever we do, lets not lose this momentum and let things die
back out. Personally, I'm a creature of habit and thrive on
consistency, so if we had a meeting every Monday from say 8pm -9pm, I
would always show.

[kotedo]

Hi Guys,

So, here is the update:

• Currently I am working on the course material
  
• I am looking into dates for the meeting

Since we are facing a challenge that some people can only come after a certain hour

and other people can only come on certain days, I am willing to hold two classes with the

same material to cover all bases.  That would probably the only solution that works for everybody.

The only concern I have is that we do that and then the attendance is going to be very little.

Should that be the case that people who said that they are coming and then do not show,

then I would think the logical consequence from that would be that speakers are going to be

very discouraged in the future to pull something like this together.

So, I'll find out early next week when we can have the room(s) and when the event is going to be.

It will be shortly, so please be prepared for a "short notice announcement".

—Kai

[Joshua Campbell]

I'll more than likely attend both meetings.

Sincerely           Joshua A. Campbell   ____________________________ Future Software Engineer

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[Alex Mancilla]

the manday night  time frame looks good to me too

[Sergey Ivanov]

It's already the weekend and there's no new news. I hope we will still
meet.

On Jan 29, 11:58 am, kotedo <kot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> So, here is the update:
>

>    - Currently I am working on the course material
>    - I am looking into dates for the meeting

[Joshua Campbell]

I told you... it's very doubtful. But I hope we meet as well. Now... stop screwing around on the internet and go spend some time with your wife!

Sincerely           Joshua A. Campbell   ____________________________ Future Software Engineer

--- On Sat, 2/4/12, Sergey Ivanov <ise...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sergey Ivanov <ise...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Erlang and ChicagoBoss Intro

[Kai Janson]

Hi guys,

I have not forgotten about our meeting, on the contrary:
I am trying to get rooms and time slots allocated.

So bear with me and I'll update the list as soon as I have news.

--Kai

[Kai Janson]

Update: more room providing companies have been contacted. Waiting on replies.  Let's see that we get a room, the material is under review, basically ready to roll.

--Kai

[Alex Mancilla]

Thanks  for keeping us posted

[kotedo]

Alright everyone,

put your helmets on, we got a room!

The first meeting will be at The Castle (Rackspace Headquarters, that is).

on Friday, Feb 10th, opening the doors from 5:30pm to 9:00pm (that should give us enough time for everything).

The room has a projector and white boards, that should cover all needs.

The address is:

5000 Walzem Road

San Antonio, TX 78218

The meeting room is called

"The Gaggle" Room Number is 2684

Since The Castle is such a vast place, I'd like to meet you at the front door for your visitor badges.

Please printout this email and take it with you, so that the friendly security guards can lead you into the correct room.

—Kai

P.S.> The next meeting shall take place after Valentines day.  Same material, nobody will miss a thing.  People who want to attend again are welcome, too.  Just please let me know who's coming in case we are more than before… Just saying.

[Sergey Ivanov]

No one is answering so I will: Kai, thank you for that lecture it was
interesting! And I just tried to open your website again and see if
maybe you opened new registration for the next meeting. Well I see
that your website is down. Will you organize the next meeting after
Feb 14?

On 6 фев, 09:28, kotedo <kot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Alright everyone,*

>
> put your helmets on, we got a room!
>

> The first meeting will be at The Castle (*Rackspace Headquarters*, that is).
>
> on *Friday, Feb 10th*, opening the doors from *5:30pm to 9:00pm* (that

> should give us enough time for everything).
> The room has a projector and white boards, that should cover all needs.
>
> The address is:
>

> *5000 Walzem Road*
> *San Antonio, TX 78218*

>
> The meeting room is called
>

> *"The Gaggle"* Room Number is *2684*

[Kai Janson]

Yes! I am going to organize another meeting with the same material and
I am open for questions as always!

The reason that the website is down is that I wanted to rebuild it entirely.

Now is the time to do it in ChicagoBoss.

:) so, stay tuned for a short while and it will be back soon!

--Kai

Thank you! It was a pleasure to have you all! Let's do it against and
again and again...

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[Sergey Ivanov]

I couldn't stay for a long time the previous time and I had problems
with my VirtualBox so I missed a lot. Next time I will prepare and
read material about this language so maybe I will have more questions
to ask :)

On 11 фев, 23:49, Kai Janson <kot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes! I am going to organize another meeting with the same material and
> I am open for questions as always!
>
> The reason that the website is down is that I wanted to rebuild it entirely.
>
> Now is the time to do it in ChicagoBoss.
>
> :) so, stay tuned for a short while and it will be back soon!
>
> --Kai
>
> Thank you! It was a pleasure to have you all!  Let's do it against and
> again and again...
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>

[Sergey Ivanov]

I forgot to mention that there was a lot of people unexpectedly so I
felt uncomfortable.

[Kai Janson]

Hi guys,

Again thank you all for coming! I am humbled that so many came and
stayed And hopefully learned something and had fun.

Seen from my side, I've learned where I can improve to make the
seasons more effective as we go. Every time will be a learning
process, one way or another and I am grateful that I can be part of
it.

The next meeting will come and I'd be happy to see more people
adopting the provided vm so that we can eliminate differences in
setup, use and side effects. Just a thought.

I am sorry that some people had a hard time following but I am sure
that that is just the beginning pain that I am trying to teach you how
to overcome it. Fun(s) after that. :)

I will also focus on the basic syntax of an Erlang program, since
that's kind of essential to make the learning experience a good and
lasting one.

All the best,
--Kai

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[Alex Mancilla]

Thanks Laid I did enjoy it regardless any inconvenience

[Alex Mancilla]

Hi Kai, when the next meeting is going to be?

could I get the VM somewhere?

so I could install in my Laptop, I didn't do it in that occasion

thanks

[Kai Janson]

The VM is available on my "website" … http://www.thejeeper.net

You can't miss it! :)

—Kai

[Joshua Campbell]

Unfortunately, my biggest issue was in trying to learn too many languages to quickly. I have only 8 months of C# and 2 months of Java desktop application programming, so trying to go from there to a whole new client-server language is just too much for me to follow at this point in time. In short, I lack the experience. I was, and still am, grateful to the mods, RackSpace, and all involved in setting that evening up. Many thanks.

Sincerely           Joshua A. Campbell   ____________________________ Future Software Engineer

--- On Thu, 2/16/12, Kai Janson <kot...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kai Janson <kot...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Erlang and ChicagoBoss Intro

[kotedo]

Hi Josh,

I am glad that you're experience in imperative languages is that brief.  That makes you a good candidate for wrapping your head around a functional

language such as Erlang in no time.  I bet that many OOP(rogrammers) would love to be able to shake their "old, OOP style" off and start over, fresh.

Don't give up on something as exciting as Erlang and enthusiastically growing ChicagoBoss community.

Hang in there, the rewards will be sky high!

—Kai

(Just for giggles, look up Erlang developer income online …) 

[Alex Mancilla]

When the next meeting is going to be?

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