Hackergarten is on tour again, and in the next few days we have an all day coding event at GeeCON in Krakow (Saturday 14th May) and all night event at GR8 in Copenhagen (Tuesday 17th May). So what is Hackergarten anyway?

Hackergarten is a group of people that come together to write open source code. If you come to Hackergarten, then expect to do some pair programming, learn better how to write code, and make a contribution to the open source world. The idea of the event is to create a hands-on user group, where you don’t sit an listen to a presentation, but instead you learn through doing and creating. Conferences give people tons of energy and excitement, and here’s a way to continue your conference experience and make a positive impact on the world while you’re still amped up from the conference.

Here’s a run-down of some important aspects of hackergarten:

• there will be coding – most of your the time is spent pair programming on a small task for an existing project
• you will submit a patch – your goal is to write a feature or fix for a project and then submit the patch (or make a commit)
• there is no agenda – the session starts with chaos as people suggest coding ideas and naturally from into small teams and groups
• you don’t need a laptop – If you have a computer then please bring it! If you don’t then come anyway and don’t worry about it
• you don’t need specific skills – All skills and backgrounds are welcome: beginner to expert, assembler to Scala, and everything in between
• you can recruit for your open source project – got an OS project of your own? Come to Hackergarten and convince other people to work on it with you

There will be some Hackergarten veterans to help out with the event. We have our own project ideas and can lead some teams if you want.

Andres Almiray – Andres is the lead on the Griffon Framework (among other things) and he’s always ready to lead people through contributing
Rene Groeschke – Rene is a frequent plugin contributor to the Gradle build system and will to help people with working on Gradle
Hamlet D’Arcy – I am a committer on CodeNarc (static analysis for Groovy) and the Groovy language. I have a ton of static analysis rules that are ready to be implemented for Groovy, and just need some help from you.
You – Got your own project? Please show up and help people contribute!

There is one last important thing: drinks and food are provided. Canoo sponsors Hackergarten (thanks Canoo!), so you’ll at least be fed and watered.

See you soon!

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