A review of the September 2017 ClojureBridge event held at ThoughtWorks Melbourne.

1. CLOJURE BRIDGE
Melbourne 2017

2. what is clojurebridge?
history of clojurebridge
weekend structure
workshop content
organising clojurebridge
reflections on clojurebridge
the next clojurebridge

3. what
is clojurebridge?

4. user=> (doc clojure-bridge)
-------------------------
clojure-bridge-preso.core/clojure-bridge
([])
ClojureBridge aims to increase diversity within the
Clojure community by offering free, beginner-friendly
Clojure programming workshops for underrepresented
groups in tech.
What is ClojureBridge?

5. “People who identify as men are
welcome to come and learn so
long as they are guests of an
attendee who does not identify as a
man.”

6. history
of clojurebridge

7. Sean CorfieldSarah Allen
2011- On a plane somewhere...

8. 2013 - Alexandria, Virginia

9. 2014 - Durham, North Carolina

10. 2014 - now
user=> history
{"2014" (:sydney
:edinburgh
:san-francisco
:melbourne
:minneapolis
:brisbane
:durham)
"2015" (:berlin
:new-york
:minneapolis
:solingen
:helsingborg
:helsinki
:london
:portland
:austin
:philadelphia
:dublin
:kentucky
:malmo
:auckland
:durham
:detroit
:denver)
"2016" (:denver
:berlin
:detroit
:san-francisco
:durham
:auckland
:malmo
:kentucky
:new-york
:chicago
:toronto
:austin
:washington
:porto-alegre
:krakow
:london
:amsterdam
:pittsburgh
:boston
:tampere
:oulu
:helsinki)
"2017" (:bristol
:houston
:virginia
:massachusetts
:manchester
:san-francisco
:sao-paulo
:london
:amsterdam
:berlin
:melbourne
:arlington
:seoul
:tampere
:new-york
:toronto
:boston
:helsinki
:buenos-aires
:stockholm
:amsterdam)}

11. weekend
structure

12. INSTALL FEST
WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
Structure

13. workshop
content

14. https://github.com/ClojureBridge/curriculum
Content user=> (map-indexed vector curriculum)
([0 :intro-to-clojure]
[1 :simple-values]
[2 :data-structures]
[3 :functions]
[4 :quil-project]
[5 :flow-control]
[6 :sequences]
[7 :project-2])

15. From (+ 3 4)
To (defn caesar-cipher [words offset]
"Assumes offset >=0, words entirely lowercase English characters or spaces"
(let [alphabet-chars (map char "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
alphabet-shifted (->> (cycle alphabet-chars) (take 100) (drop offset))
shifted-map (-> (zipmap alphabet-chars alphabet-shifted)
(assoc space space))]
(apply str (map shifted-map (map char words)))))
(caesar-cipher "hello" 1) => "ifmmp"

16. organising
clojurebridge

17. Organisation
venue follow-up
planningorganiser/
host
marketing
food
sponsor
(+ pei-shi
fiona
olga
emily
arushi
andrew
aaron)
instructors

18. reflections
on clojurebridge

19. ● Different start time
● Cheatsheet and Clojure docs not clear
● May have needed more time during capstone
● Examples and quiz showing stuff not covered
● Make further challenges available for those who want more
● Unsure how much prior experience was needed
● Food++
● Speakers were clear
● Quiz was fun
● Friendly mentors
● I was really overwhelmed but you all sat with me and helped a lot
● Lots of cool hands-on exercises
● Separate install fest meant second day could go smoothly
● Clear schedule with good direction for how to continue after event
● Learned lots - helpful cheatsheet
● Good amount of breaks - didn’t worry about burnout
● Was a great “first” experience - keep doing great work - you guys are
awesome!
Retrospective feedback
19

20. Organisation
venue follow-up
planningorganiser/
host
marketing
food
sponsor
(+ pei-shi
fiona
olga
emily
arushi
andrew
aaron)
instructors

21. the
next
clojurebridge

22. Thank You
22
Andy Marks
@andee_marks