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March IT Events Digest (Part One)

    With spring, a new peak of programmer activity outside the working hours comes — we again have to split the March review into two parts. The basis of social life this month is made up of small meetings of interest - languages ​​(Pythpn, Lua, Elixir), web development, testing.




    GetIT Meetup # 2

    When: March 1
    Where: Moscow, Oruzheyny per., 41, entrance from the Garden Ring
    Terms of participation: free, registration is required

    MegaFon continues its series of professional growth meetings for developers. This time, the reports will understand the various facets of the workflow inside and outside the team: what to consider when recruiting people, how to interact with the HR department, what to do with remote workers, and what is needed for healthy communication.

    GameDev CityFest

    When: March 2
    Where: Novosibirsk, ul. Lenina, 26, business hotel Domina Novosibirsk
    Terms of participation: 4000 rub.

    The entire color of the Siberian gamedev will gather on one platform as part of the Gamedev Weekend for an active exchange of experience. Here there will be technical reports (engines, game mechanics, level design, character animation, other graphics), and speeches on project management, career movement, user interaction. Of course, everything will not be limited to reports: the Showcase zone with projects (now expanded) is being prepared, as well as open discussions with experts, and various entertainments during breaks.

    Web @ Cafe # 19

    When: March 2
    Where: Omsk, ul. Dumskaya 7, 501 office
    Terms of participation: free, registration is required

    Cozy stories about web technologies from practicing developers from the local community. This time, two stories will be heard at the mitap: how React Hooks allow you to use the same as in classes in functional components, and simplify life in other ways, and how designers who focus on growth should act are the right priorities, useful skills and stuff.

    Hackathon "Sticker"

    When: March 2
    Where: Yekaterinburg, st. Khokhryakova, 10, Business Center "Palladium", 4th floor
    Terms of participation: free of charge, registration is required

    A non-trivial task from Yandex for everyone is to create a working alternative to the good old blackboard with stickers. Teams will be asked to create a service capable of collecting tasks from different sources, filtering data, selecting them for specified fields, filling out information in the form of stickers, generating an HTML page and a PDF version, and finally sending the final result to print. The range of technologies is JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js and React. Participants will receive not only moral satisfaction, but also the final decision on hand to use it in work.

    JSNN # 12

    When: March 2
    Where: Nizhny Novgorod, ul. Akademika Sakharova, 4, Technopark, 2nd floor
    Participation conditions: free

    Everyone who works with JS in Nizhny Novgorod will be glad to see at the next general meeting to discuss pressing matters. In particular, they are waiting for analysis and comparison of two popular ways to work with side effects on React (sagas and thunks), the secrets of creating convenient and productive components on Angular, an overview of the advantages of Ember, the principles of working with Tensorflow.js, an explanation of the internal structure of the Webpack bundle and its hidden features.

    Quality Assurance Meetup

    When: March 2
    Where: Rostov-on-Don, ul. Suvorova, 91, South IT Park
    Participation conditions: free of charge, registration is required

    Testers also need to communicate, and on the site in Rostov there will be more than a hundred of them for this purpose. Four reports from testers from different teams have been announced. The first is a case from CusDeb, where a specialist will talk about testing a series of products that use single-board computers. The second will be dedicated to in-depth testing tools for mobile applications. In the third, we will focus on testing services for working with social networks - the integration process, technology stack, difficulties and useful tips. Well, the fourth reveals the possibilities of unit testing for the database, as well as the pros and cons of the tSQLt framework.



    Lua in Moscow 2019

    When: March 3
    Where: Moscow, the address is being specified
    Terms of participation: free, registration is required

    The third international conference on Lua from Mail.ru will be held on a grand scale - not only major domestic and foreign experts, but also the author himself will be among the participants language, Roberto Jerusalem. Keep in mind, firstly, that the number of places is very limited, and secondly, that the official language of the conference is English.

    Hedera Hashgraph: An Exclusive Open Access Preview

    When: March 4
    Where: St. Petersburg, 3 Medikov Ave., Boiling Point
    Participation Conditions: free, registration required

    And another interesting guest promises to visit the capital in March - Tom Trowbridge, president of Hedera Hashgraph. His report promised a lot of insider information on decentralized systems in general and the distributed registry developed by the company in particular. Among other things, the audience learns about the status and degree of readiness of the platform for public release, the predicted model of a decentralized economy, the place that the Hedera token will occupy in it, and useful resources for developers using blockchain technologies.

    Frontend 2019. The latest technologies and tools

    When: March 6
    Where: Moscow, Maly Konyushkovsky lane, 2, Boiling point
    Participation conditions: free of charge, registration is required

    A targeted discussion of new technologies in all the details of their implementation in processes: how to smoothly transition and gently adapt. Each of the four reports will be dedicated to a specific tool: how to implement GraphQL in a client application with TypeScript integration; how to use web components and not be afraid of old browsers; how the lit-element and stencil approaches differ; Migration from an isomorphic application to a static generator. This is the main part of the program, followed by questions from the room and chat and, of course, pizza.

    ElixirLangMoscow Meetup # 9

    When: March 6
    Where: Moscow, Leningradsky Prospekt 39, p. 79, SkyLight Business Center
    Participation terms: free, registration required

    Mail.ru Group's new meetup season for all Elixir language related products is announced open. This time, community representatives will share their expertise not only on Elixir itself, but will also touch on hardcore Erlang. A report on Erlang will examine the development history of this virtual machine and the specifics of its work with memory in different languages. The other two will discuss Elixir's applicability for developing blockchain platforms and prediction systems with detailed case studies from participating companies. Of course, there will be time for an after party with communication, food and continuation of the theme in the bar.

    IT Sreda # 4

    When: March 6
    Where: St. Petersburg, ul. Dostoevsky, 19/21, lit. B, Dionysus Hall
    Conditions of participation: free of charge, registration required

    A meeting of Python developers who love risk and artificial intelligence and want to work with the latter. The range of topics is relevant - Deep Learning, computer linguistics, P2P video streaming, chat bots. Anything that does not cover the reports can be reimbursed during the time allotted for free communication.

    Python Workshop

    When: March 9
    Where: Nizhny Novgorod, Zelensky congress, 4
    Participation conditions: free, registration is required

    And a little more Python, this time a general profile. In this series of mitaps, the organizers strive to help people improve their professional level and develop soft skills. Accordingly, the reports differ in variety - for example, this time one will be devoted to the pandas library data analysis problems, the other - the ability to refuse.

    Open lecture of the Advanced HTML Layout course

    When: March 13
    Where: St. Petersburg, 23 Kronverksky Prospekt
    Participation conditions: free of charge, registration is required

    Epic Skills School of Internet Technology is organizing a comprehensive HTML-layout training course covering everything from layout to communication with designers. The first open lesson is a great way to get acquainted with the teaching style and level of training for free. Along the way, the speaker will tell you all about the content and organization of the course, as well as give a lecture on the BEM methodology and the Pug template engine.



    IDC Security Roadshow 2019

    When: March 14
    Where: Moscow, ul. Rusakovskaya, 24
    Terms of participation: 6500 rub. + VAT

    Conference on all the components of information security - technology, architecture, processes, politics, people. Leading industry experts are invited to share their views on how to protect your business in a multi-platform digital environment. The range of topics covers application, cloud and network security, cyber resilience and risk management practices, Agile and DevOps compatibility, DDoS protection, and legal requirements.

    Droid Party: Yandex.Phone

    When: March 14
    Where: Moscow, ul. Leo Tolstoy, 16
    Terms of participation:free, registration is required An

    opportunity for Android developers to meet and chat with the team that created Yandex.Telephone. Yandex developers will talk in detail about how the work was conducted, and share conclusions that may be useful for other developers of applications and devices. In particular, ways to use the memory and control its consumption, benefit from various firmware and frameworks for voice assistants, and change the system settings to fit your needs will be highlighted.

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