Eager conferences and meet-ups goer, I believe that every developer should nurture his/her passion as much as he/she can. Meet-ups and conferences are a great way of doing it, and books, tutorials, articles… these days we have so many resources available that a lifetime wouldn’t be enough in order to explore all of them!
So, here’s me to the rescue, I’ll share resources I find useful, those being events, books or anything in between.
Conferences
I enjoy conferences a lot, it’s a great opportunity to open your mind and look at things from a completely different perspective. I especially enjoy the feeling of coming back home full of ideas and inspiration for my - current or - next projects!
Here’s my calendar up to date!
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2018, October, 22nd-23rd | GoLab | 🇮🇹 Florence |
| 2018, August, 1st-3rd | GopherCon UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2018, May/June, 31st-3rd | GopherCon Europe | 🇮🇸 Reykjavik |
| 2018, May, 10th-11th | Devoxx UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2018, February, 3rd-4th | Fosdem | 🇧🇪 Brussels |
| 2017, November, 6th | DotGo | 🇫🇷 Paris |
| 2017, October, 5th-6th | Software Craftsmanship Conference | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2017, August, 16th-18th | Golang UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2016, November, 25th-26th | Codemotion | 🇮🇹 Milan |
| 2016, November, 7th-10th | Websummit 2016 | 🇵🇹 Lisbon |
| 2016, August, 17th-19th | Golang UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2016, June, 2nd-4th | SoCraTes UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2016, June, 8th-10th | Devoxx UK | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2016, January, 30th-31st | Fosdem | 🇧🇪 Brussels |
| 2015, November, 28th | LJC Open Conference | 🇬🇧 London |
| 2015, November, 2nd-3rd | Codemotion | 🇩🇪 Berlin |
| 2015, March, 27th-28th | Codemotion | 🇮🇹 Rome |
| 2014, November, 26th-27th | Codemotion | 🇮🇹 Milan |
Meet-up & Community
One of the advantages of being here in London is that there’s at least one meet-up I’d like to attend every other day!
In August 2017 I joined the Go London User Group organisers and we run the meetup on a monthly basis: it’s been a great experience so far, and it’s very interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes, and how much work is involved in organising just a single event!
Other meetup I often attend are:
- Scala Central
- London Scala User Group
- AWS User Group UK
- London Microservices User Group
- London Software Craftsmanship Community
Blog posts/articles
Too many, I know. I’m not a regular reader of any specific blog, I just happen to see someone sharing a link and often finding it insightful… in which case I might want to share it here.
Books
I often start reading multiple books simultaneously - I’m not proud of it, but sometimes I get over excited! - but I thought this would be worth sharing as well