Coding Dojos 2018

[dertseha]

Facilitators

• Christian (@dertseha) @ FRQ
• Peter (@codecop) @ User Groups of Vienna
• Ernst (@ernst-fastl) @ sIT
• Martin (@mlem) @ Willhaben
• Paul (@paulroho) @ TechTalk
• Bojan (@xbojch) @ LinkResearchTools

done

2015 listed in #4
2016 listed in #5
2017 listed in #19

• Month, Who @ Where [- what]
• Jan - missed that :-(
• Feb 22nd, Ernst @ sIT - Agility Kata CSV Viewer (ccd-school.de)
• Mar 27th, Bojan @ LinkResearchTools
• April 26th, Martin @ Willhaben - Docker/Microservice
• May, Peter @ sIT - Temporal Coupling
• June, Bojan @ LinkResearchTools
• July, Martin @ Willhaben
• Aug, Christian @ FRQ -- cancelled (too few participants)
• Sept 25th, Yare (+Peter) @ sIT - SOLID/Racing Car Katas
• Oct, Christian @ FRQ - Legacy/Refactoring
• Nov 17th GDCR18, - see Coderetreat on November 17th (GDCR18)  #40
• Dec, Martin @ Willhaben

[dertseha]

Welp, new year is upon us. Any immediate volunteers?
January is just around the corner, would be good to settle that one first.

[dertseha]

Also, from past experiences it seems that having a topic set up for a dojo beforehand helps people to decide whether or not to join. This doesn't mean the exercise itself must be defined, only the main focus (e.g.: refactoring, object calesthenics, testing legacy, SOLID, ...) should be visible in the invitation.

Having a topic for the whole year doesn't work out so well :)

edit: #27 has some good hints.

[duffleit]

Hi, to avoid abusing issues for discussions, Github introduced a new feature last month called team discussions. Probably this is more suitable to discuss about Sessions for 2018. :) https://github.com/blog/2471-introducing-team-discussions

[dertseha]

Hm. In our case these issues are bound per year and give a nice overview which month is taken by whom. I don't expect that people can modify posts from other people. In the current case, I could update Peter's first post for instance to update people's assignments.

So far I'm not convinced :)

[ernst-fastl]

I just assumed it is "first come first served" and grabbed Feb, May and Sept

[xbojch]

Get it while it’s hot. I‘d like to take March and June. Maybe more later. I‘m a bit sad that January has passed without a dojo.

[codecop]

With @paulroho and @mlem busy, I guess we are not enough facilitators. I can host/run a dojo, but I need a room. Any ideas?

[xbojch]

Our „room“ is available for any given month.

[codecop]

Thank you but then you need to be there as host at least. That does not feel right to me in distributing the work. Also I do not want to overstretch hosts. But yes, a real option of last resort of course.

[mlem]

I've been loaded with work lately. I can take April and July, until then I should finish my project. We are ready to host coding dojos with you as moderator, @codecop Just tell me which day and time and I'll take care of it.

[ernst-fastl]

I am also happy to host additional Dojos. One of my colleagues is interested in learning how to facilitate Dojo's. After some learning I think he could also take over some facilitation.

[codecop]

Thank you all for your support. It looks like I can use Markhof Coworking https://markhof.wien/ as host for coding dojo. I will see when the time is here.

[dertseha]

@ernst-fastl are you setting up the ads today - for the dojo next week?

[ernst-fastl]

done - btw I am using Tweetdeck (although I am a rookie)

[dertseha]

Great, thank you. Tweet sent.
I've also invited you, Ernst, as a member of the SWK Twitter team. As such (using Tweetdeck), you can tweet as this user, including likes and retweets. Tweetdeck will always ask you for such operations as which user(s) you want to do that.
My recommendation: Set for your SWK membership the "require confirmation for tweet" option. This way you need to tick an extra checkbox before you tweet as SWK. Good for double checks.

[xbojch]

I’m planning a dojo on 27th of March. Will probably prepare a refactoring or covering with tests kata. Open for suggestions.

[paulroho]

Cool, @xbojch! "Covering with tests kata" triggers my interest.

[codecop]

Yes me too. I am looking for katas to add test cases other than Gilded Rose, which is awesome for this. still...

[dertseha]

@xbojch if you have settled on the main points (such as date, topic), please set up the appointment. The sooner we can get the ads out, the easier people can align their schedule to that.

[xbojch]

Yes, 27th it is. I'll prepare the announcements today and then ask you to share.

[xbojch]

Prepared the announcement and doodle. Will send it out and tweet in the morning to increase the reach. Please share it later.

https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20180327
https://doodle.com/poll/533engeqkg7rnraw

[xbojch]

@codecop I was thinking about this kata from Sandro https://github.com/sandromancuso/trip-service-kata

The other idea was to collect common code smells and work backwards from refactoring recipes to create a sample code that smells bad and can be refactored nicely.

[mlem]

As mentioned already, I was planning to do a coding dojo in April.
If you have prepared something for April, feel free to take it @codecop.
We are ready to host either you or me 😸

[codecop]

@mlem yes please take April if you are ok/sure to run it. I have not prepared anything yet.

[dertseha]

@xbojch please add your session to the repository
@mlem Can you already fix the date and topic for April? The earlier we can start advertising, the better.

[mlem]

Hi Christian, can you help me setup the Coding Dojo for 26.04.2018? I will do a special dojo, where I want to show and use docker to do a small microservice setup. I don't know yet, if I should do the first session as a show case or let everyone do the exercise right away. I can decide at hand based on the experience of the group. We will do a special dojo where we do a small microservice setup with docker. If you bring your Laptop, please install docker beforehand. Make sure to run the whole installation instructions. There will be two sessions. 17:45 Arrival 18:00 Opening Talk 18:10 First Session 18:55 First Retro 19:00 Pause 19:10 Second Session 19:55 Second Retro 20:00 End Thanks in advance. Cheers, Martin

[codecop]

Martin, I like that you always have novel ideas. Unfortunately I am not in Austria at that time.

Maybe you can find an intro exercise that just verifies the Docker setup for the participants. That would be 1. super small Intro to Docker + verify setup. Second session could work on top of that. Alternatively you might provide step 1 on Github for people to clone if their step 1 does not work.

[dertseha]

@mlem do you want me to set up the SWK entry?
Which installation instructions shall be followed? Do you have a link?

[mlem]

Hi christian, I already did everything, can you just assist me with the newsletter and promotion? https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20180426

[xbojch]

The only two possible dates for me in second part of June are Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th or Thursday 21st. What do you think, too close to 5th?

[codecop]

I am very sad if monthly Dojo is skipped, like it happened in January. The current workload for us facilitators is so small that we rather forget to run it. Maybe @dertseha can do June and you @xbojch do July? Two weeks seems quite near. On the other hand. it does not matter, because we always have changing days, weeks and such for the Dojos.

[codecop]

May Dojo: created, mail sent, tweet sent, G+ created. spread the word

[xbojch]

Will spread the word. Thanks @codecop for jumping in! I can run it July, on vacation end of June. Does that work for you @dertseha?

[dertseha]

Feels like we're now trying to run behind and squeeze an "extra" dojo in now :)
Martin already wants to do one in July.
So, please go ahead and do one on June, 18th (or 19th), @xbojch

[xbojch]

Looks like 18th is the date. I'll prepare the messaging today (company event afterwork 🍻 🎳 ) or latest tomorrow and then ask you to spread the word.

[xbojch]

Here are the links:
https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20180618
https://doodle.com/poll/34ydue6kkbptitgc

Please join us and spread the word.

[dertseha]

@mlem We're well into July - any idea when you want to run the dojo?

[mlem]

Hey, it's on my todos for this week. If we take into consideration that it should be two weeks in advance, it will be in 2 weeks. I will post details this week.

[mlem]

please make some noise for https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20180726

[codecop]

I sent the invite email.

[codecop]

Tweet tweeted

[mlem]

Thank you for your promotion

[dertseha]

August date set and invitations sent via SWK and Twitter:
https://twitter.com/swkWien/status/1029106598336229376

[dertseha]

Ok, August skipped due to too few participants.
@ernst-fastl how about September? Any chance to have yours soon(ish)?

all: October and December are still up for grabs. I can do another attempt in October.

[mlem]

Then I will take December

[ernst-fastl]

The september Dojo at s IT will happen on Tuesday September 25th. Unfortunatly I don't have the time to facilitate it myself. But Yare, one of my employees has offerd to jump in under @codecop s supervision.

[codecop]

Yesss. Invitation email has been sent!

[slow-and-furious]

Great thanks to @ernst-fastl and @codecop for announcing the new session!
Could someone pls merge the pull request with my presentation?

My main man Peter has already created the corresponding SWK event: https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20180925
...and the doodle: https://doodle.com/poll/8m4u7pvkhz992nm7

[dertseha]

I've picked October for myself now. Most likely I'll pick a date from week 42.

[dertseha]

22nd of October has been set.
SWK Link: https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20181022
Tweet: https://twitter.com/swkWien/status/1051925027535421441

[mlem]

Please make some noise:
https://twitter.com/martin_lemanski/status/1068101822383104000
https://doodle.com/poll/ckcx3w36y7aphv7r
https://www.softwerkskammer.org/activities/CodingDojoVie20181213

[dertseha]

Thank you all for another successful year!