Chicago Lisp
Although an official site is forthcoming, I’ll also keep track of Chicago Lisp User Group meetings here. I write the announcements and recaps on this site anyway, so why not collect and link to them now? It’s a little history of the group, plus notification of the next upcoming meeting. Enjoy!
Meeting announcements and updates are sent out using Coordinatr.com. I manage the list there so if you’d like to be on it, please send me your email address.
Here’s a feed announcing new meetings.
NEXT MEETING:
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 7pm.
WHERE: CashNetUSA offices. 200 W. Jackson Blvd, 14th floor, Chicago. Map.
WHAT: Lightning talks. The following people have signed up, more welcome (email Peter if interested or add a comment at Coordinatr)
- Grant Rattke - A simple object system using macros
- Steve Githens - Scripting a Java SOA system using Kawa and Clojure
- Dry runs from the people presenting at the Intro to Lisp Workshop
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INTRO TO LISP WORKSHOP
(info at the chicagolisp.org wiki page may be even more up to date)
WHO: Programmers interested in learning more about Lisp.
HOW MUCH: The low, low price of 3ish hours of attention span.
WHEN: Saturday, May 31st from 3pm-6pm.
WHERE: Institute of Design, 350 N. LaSalle St, 2nd floor, Chicago. Map.
WHAT: A hands-on introduction the the Common Lisp programming language
Tentative Schedule (presentations will be 30-60 min)
- Setting up a Lisp Environment (John Quigley): A hands-on walkthrough of how to setup a Lisp environment, Emacs, and SLIME. There will be documentation beforehand about steps to take and which packages to get.
- Lisp Basics and Idioms (Peter Christensen): Lisp syntax, contructs, basic code, idioms and practices.
- Common Lisp condition system (need a volunteer)
- Macros (Craig Luddington): How Lisp lets you write code that writes code that writes code … and why you’d want to do that.
- Demos of cool things in Lisp (need volunteers): showing off both neat and practical things that Lisp can do.
We’re looking for volunteers to do the following:
- Present on the CL condition system
- Suggest and present on other aspects of CL not listed here that would be suitable for an introductory session
- Walk around and help troubleshoot during the first session about setting up your environment.
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Help with audio and video recording
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Provide audio recording equipment (mics, cords, some way to record the audio on a computer, etc)
If you’re interested in attending or helping, please email me and include “Intro to Lisp Workshop” at the start of the message.
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2008 Archive
