[LRUG] Meeting in May

[Murray Steele]

Repost for the list :(

On 23 April 2013 18:12, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 23 April 2013 10:43, florentin raud <florentin.raud at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> On 23 April 2013 09:34, Damon Allen Davison <damon at allolex.net> wrote:
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>> > I think he might have meant pair programming..
>> I meant pair programming indeed.
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> Of course.  Sorry!
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>> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Murray Steele <
>> murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> On 22 April 2013 22:22, florentin raud <florentin.raud at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >>> Hi,
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>> >>> I would be keen on doing some peer coding, but I'm not sure if that's
>> the right venue.
>> >>> Also 40 minutes is quite short, probably enough to kickstart
>> something though.
>> >>>
>> >> What exactly is peer coding?  Is it like code review?  If you did have
>> 40 minutes, what would you do with it to kickstart a peer coding session?
>>  I imagine you could introduce the idea (maybe with a short demo using some
>> willing or scripted participants) and then point folk at a signup for a
>> less time constrained event.  Is that the sort of thing you meant?
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>> In a nutshell yes, that's what I meant.
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>> To give a bit more context, I will take my case as an example, but I'm
>> sure I'm not the only one in that situation.
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>> I don't have colleagues at $dayjob or friend that to is proficient in
>> ruby to just discuss how to do x and y.
>> I'm now at a stage where I know enough to get some stuff done.
>> I look at the some code and try to learn from it,
>> That said, it probably look and feel like hobbyist work.
>>  but i find difficult to achieve "beautiful code" yet.
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>> So the proposal would be to try to make junior people like me meet more
>> advance programmers, to talk, write code, write test, review code, etc.
>> I think it can be beneficial for both mentor and mentee.
>> The mentee gets to be better at all things ruby.
>> The mentor will develop leadership, communication and managing skills.
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>> I also don't think that LRUG meeting format allows pair programming.
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> I think you're right about that.  At least, not in 40 minutes, and not in
> a "someone at the front leads the group" type format.  That's not to say we
> can't do this sort of thing as a single meeting, but it requires a lot of
> organisation to prepare the pairs etc...
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> I'm more than happy to give you some time to introduce the idea to the
> group and point folk at whatever you arrange (even if it's just "wouldn't
> this be great, who wants to help sort this out?"), but I'm not sure that
> there's enough to fill the 40 minutes we have with it.
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> I would be keen on organising another event to do with pair programming,
>> if there is any interest.
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> There were a few ruby practical meetups a couple of years ago.  I think
> maybe the WordTracker team hosted one or two.  Anyone involved care to chip
> in with some tips?
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> Cheers,
>
> Murray
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