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Thu 15th Jul 2021 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 15th Jul 2021 8:30pm (Europe/London)

A conversation with Scotland’s tech leaders

For our July event, we will be live interviewing a panel of different leaders in technology to ask them about their experience being a leader in tech.

We will explore topics such as:

- What advice would you give to folks looking to get into tech leadership roles?
- Promotion tracks in tech: Individual Contributor vs People Manager
- Will tech leadership be the same in five years time?

Our panel includes:

- Valerie Dryden - Head of Engineering (B2B / Platform) @Zegocover
- Mike McQuaid - Staff Engineer at GitHub, Project Leader of Homebrew
- Kate Ho - CTPO at Valla, Legaltech startup
- Trevor Burridge - Head Of Software Development at Registers of Scotland

We will be taking questions from the audience too, so please come along with any burning questions you’d like to ask.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2021/07/a-conversation-with-tech-leaders

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-scotlands-tech-leaders-tickets-161801262933

Wed 15th Jun 2022 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 15th Jun 2022 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft - Code Reading

How often have you had to read an unfamiliar codebase?

We read code many, many times more than we write it, but we spend most of our time learning to write the code, and rarely spend the time to think about how we can improve our understanding of pre-existing code.

Join us as we dig into codebases and find out how to identify the key elements of previously unknown source, identify patterns in the code, and dive into understanding how the internals of code we use is written.

Doing this will help you see how other folks write code, help you pick up a project faster, debug issues in dependencies, and improve the code you write.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2020/11/code-reading

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/codecraft-code-reading-tickets-127538690657

CodeCraft

Thu 21st Jan 2021 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 21st Jan 2021 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft

Thu 18th Mar 2021 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Mar 2021 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft

Thu 18th Feb 2021 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Feb 2021 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft

Thu 15th Apr 2021 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 15th Apr 2021 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft

Thu 19th Nov 2020 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 19th Nov 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft: Technical Talk: "TDD is My Shame"

In this months codecraft we are trying something new - an interactive talk. Gary will be presenting his talk “TDD is my shame” and making it interactive.

Abstract:

“I don’t do as much Test-Driven Development as I should; it’s my shame.”

The more time I spend at recent development conferences, the more I see this sentiment echoed. Developers get the impression that they should do TDD, but they don’t. Sometimes they don’t know how to do it effectively, so it ends up a mess. Sometimes they don’t know when they should do it, so it ends up being overapplied. Sometimes they don’t really know what it is, so they end up treating it in odd ways.

In this talk, you’ll get answers for all of the above and more. You’ll understand TDD better, you’ll understand how to be more effective, and you’ll learn to let go of that little voice that says you should do more.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2020/06/tdd-is-my-shame

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdd-is-my-shame-an-interactive-talk-tickets-107369412804

Thu 18th Jun 2020 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Jun 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

CodeCraft Programming Styles Workshop

As we’re likely to still be in lockdown, we are running another online-only event based around the book Exercises in Programming Style.

We’ll look at how constraints influence the design of software.

A simple problem like counting the frequency of words in a file can be written in many different ways, and by applying some rules to limit how you think about the problem, what might seem like a simple task can be transformed into a learning experience.

No knowledge of the book is required, but this is a programming exercise, so you’ll need to have a development environment installed in the language of your choice.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2020/05/programming-styles

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/codecraft-programming-styles-workshop-tickets-104313346026

Thu 21st May 2020 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 21st May 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Virtual Open Space

Following on from last months remote meetup. We are running another online-only event based around the Open Space format

The agenda will be built on the day by whoever turns up. The sort of topics we’d like to discuss are:

a problem you need to solve
a feature you want to implement
a kata you wish to run through
a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

We’ll start the meetup with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2020/04/virtual-open-space

Thu 16th Apr 2020 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 16th Apr 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

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CodeCraft Book Club

For our February event, we are holding our now annual Book Club meetup. Bring along something that you want to tell others about in the realm of software, work, or a related field.

The text can be any length or format – a book, news article, or a blogpost (or even a podcast!). We recommend that the chosen texts are non-fiction as it keeps the conversations more grounded.

Our aim is to encourage everyone to share ideas that have inspired them, and hopefully help with narrowing down worthy reads to put on your 2020 reading list.

The format will be talking about your chosen text in small groups, and changing those groups after a while so you get to hear what everyone has to say.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2020/01/book-club

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/codecraft-book-club-night-tickets-92244191861

Effective Pair Programing with CodeCraft

For our last event of the year, we'll be running a workshop on how to be effective while pair programming.

You will learn:

* The different styles of pair programming and the importance of switching
* How to work with people of different levels and roles

Don't worry if you've never pair programmed before. We'll be pairing people up to make sure every pair has what they need.

The session will be theory and exercises, finishing with a real pair programming exercise. Please bring along your laptops!

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/10/effective-pair-programming

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/effective-pair-programming-with-codecraft-tickets-78872197867

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CodeCraft

We are a software crafters meetup. We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software.

While we respect and encourage lean agile methodolgies, we are here to discuss the craft of developing software, not managing the process around development.

Our events are on the 3rd Thursday of every month, but we encourage you to follow us on Twitter to find out about changes to dates, venues, or additional events.

CodeCraft

We are a software crafters meetup. We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software.

While we respect and encourage lean agile methodolgies, we are here to discuss the craft of developing software, not managing the process around development.

Our events are on the 3rd Thursday of every month, but we encourage you to follow us on Twitter to find out about changes to dates, venues, or additional events.

CodeCraft

We are a software crafters meetup. We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software.

While we respect and encourage lean agile methodolgies, we are here to discuss the craft of developing software, not managing the process around development.

Our events are on the 3rd Thursday of every month, but we encourage you to follow us on Twitter to find out about changes to dates, venues, or additional events.

CodeCraft

We are a software crafters meetup. We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software.

While we respect and encourage lean agile methodolgies, we are here to discuss the craft of developing software, not managing the process around development.

Our events are on the 3rd Thursday of every month, but we encourage you to follow us on Twitter to find out about changes to dates, venues, or additional events.

Open Space

We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

6pm for 6.30pm start.

Thu 19th Mar 2020 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 19th Mar 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Open Space

We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

6pm for 6.30pm start.

Thu 21st Nov 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 21st Nov 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Open Space

We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

6pm for 6.30pm start.

Thu 20th Feb 2020 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 20th Feb 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Open Space

We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

6pm for 6.30pm start.

Thu 16th Jan 2020 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 16th Jan 2020 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

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We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

6pm for 6.30pm start.

Thu 17th Oct 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Open Space

We’re trialling a different format for this month’s event: open-spacing it! In other words, we are inviting you to come with:

* a problem you need to solve
* a feature you want to implement
* a kata you wish to run through
* a language/tool you are passionate about and would like to share
* a language/tool you are curious about and would like to practice
* or an open mind to pair with someone on something new

The actual topics will be decided on the day: we will start with a marketplace for people to share their ideas and organise ourselves around the topics of interest.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/10/open-space

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-space-tickets-75921105069

Mentoring: A Guided Conversation

August is a month when graduates usually join companies, which makes it a great time to think about mentoring. But we don’t only mentor graduates! Mentoring happens at every level, and it does not always have to work top-down. Having a mentor can usually help with career progression (for both mentee and mentor) but those relationships don’t always work out.

This will be in our usual format of Guided Conversations. The conversation will cover what mentoring is, different types and styles of mentoring, how to mentor effectively, and what the benefits/downfalls are amongst other important questions.

Guided conversations are a friendly way to have a structured yet lightweight discussion around a topic. A guide will make sure we stay on track, and offer questions to spark the conversation. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to the industry, or whether you’re experienced, you may be able to ask just the right questions to unlock key insights for others, whilst listening in and learning for yourself. We’ll explain the format and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/08/mentoring-guided-conversation

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mentoring-a-guided-conversation-tickets-66814061657

Thu 15th Aug 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

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CODECRAFTCONF

CodeCraftConf is the software crafters conference that puts confer back into conference.

No presentations: just guided conversations and workshops on the hottest topics in software development amongst your peers.

https://conf.codecraftuk.org/

https://conf.codecraftuk.org/

Fri 20th Sep 2019 9:00am (Europe/London)

Fri 20th Sep 2019 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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Meetup Collider: Guided Conversation

As a bonus event for June, we’re participating in JPMorgan’s Meetup Collider!

We’re going to run a Guided Conversation [1] about something tech-related. Guided conversations are a friendly way to have a structured yet lightweight discussion around a topic.

A guide will make sure we stay on track, and offer questions to spark the conversation.

After the conversation ends, all the meetups will get together for lightning talks from each group.

Tickets are required for this event.

[1] http://guidedconversations.org/

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/06/meetup-collider

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meetup-collider-guided-conversation-tickets-62607457591

Wed 26th Jun 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 26th Jun 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

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Lean Coffee

For our May event we’re going to give the community an opportunity to discuss the topics that matter most to them. That’s right: Lean Coffee is back.

Rather than us dictate a topic, bring along whatever questions you want answered, topics you want to discuss, and issues you feel the need to chat about. We’ll use the Lean Coffee format to cover the things that you, the attendees, want to get into the most.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re new to the industry or experienced, whether you want to ask a question about starting in IT or the ethics behind AI trade-offs, there’ll be the opportunity to engage with your peers on anything you like.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a topic, you may be able to provide valuable perspective for others, or learn something new by just listening. It also doesn’t matter if you don’t know the Lean Coffee format, it’s simple and we’ll take the time to explain it before we get started.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/05/lean-coffee

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-coffee-with-codecraft-tickets-61336140046

Thu 16th May 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 18th Jul 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Jul 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 15th Aug 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 15th Aug 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 17th Oct 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 17th Oct 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 20th Jun 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 20th Jun 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

TEST && COMMIT || REVERT

Code Craft: TEST && COMMIT || REVERT

“test && commit || revert. If the tests fail, then the code goes back to the state where the tests last passed” - Kent Beck

For our March event, we have a workshop using an entirely new form of Test Driven Development (TDD). In this version of TDD, every time you save a file, the tests run and if they fail the code gets instantly reverted.

Poof! it’s gone.

If the tests pass, however, the change gets committed.

We will be discovering what this constraint means for our coding styles. Can we possibly work if we throw away all our mistakes seconds after making them? How do we become productive while under this design pressure? Come along and we’ll find out together.

Doors open at 6 pm, then we’ll kick off at 6:30 pm.

Since we’ll be working in pairs, you will need to bring your laptop for this session.

Optional background reading on TCR: https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/test-commit-revert-870bbd756864

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/03/test-commit-revert

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/test-commit-revert-tickets-58030995269?ref=estw

Thu 21st Mar 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Lean Coffee

Following January’s book club, we’ve decided that for our February event we’re going to give the community an opportunity to discuss the topics that matter most to them. That’s right, it’s time for some Lean Coffee!

Rather than us dictate a topic, bring along whatever questions you want answered, topics you want to discuss, and issues you feel the need to chat about. We’ll use the Lean Coffee format to cover the things that you, the attendees, want to get into the most.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re new to the industry or experienced, whether you want to ask a question about starting in IT or the ethics behind AI trade-offs, there’ll be the opportunity to engage with your peers on anything you like.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a topic, you may be able to provide valuable perspective for others, or learn something new by just listening. It also doesn’t matter if you don’t know the Lean Coffee format, it’s simple and we’ll take the time to explain it before we get started.

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/01/lean-coffee

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-coffee-with-codecraft-tickets-55448863042

Thu 21st Feb 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

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CodeCraft Book Club

Whatever your New Year’s Resolutions are, reading and sharing is always a good thing!

For our January event we are having a Book Club meetup which focuses on the theme of “Interesting” or “Changed our way of Thinking”. The text could be any length or format – a book, news article, or a blogpost (or even a podcast!). We recommend that the chosen texts are non-fiction as it keeps the conversations more grounded.

Our aim is to encourage everyone to share ideas that have inspired them, and hopefully help with narrowing down worthy reads to put on your 2019 reading list.

The format will be talking about your chosen text in small groups, and changing those groups after a while so you get to hear what everyone has to say.

Happy reading!

https://www.codecraftuk.org/events/2019/01/book-club

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/codecraft-book-club-tickets-53400230527

Thu 17th Jan 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 17th Jan 2019 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 21st Feb 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 21st Feb 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html

Code Craft

We discuss, demonstrate and debate how to write well-structured, malleable software

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month

We are a nomadic meetup: the location (within Glasgow) changes every month. We try to run in office spaces around the city, but occasionally meet in a pub; there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol when we do soself. We’ll explain the format (Guided Conversations), and make sure everyone keeps up with the discussion.

Thu 16th May 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 16th May 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Europe/London

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http://www.codecraftuk.org/code-of-conduct.html