BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//LaraChat//Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:01a1b1cc-9461-72ce-be34-3effc49625de@www.larachat.co
DTSTAMP:20261107T172609Z
DTSTART:20220127T110000Z
DTEND:20220127T120000Z
SUMMARY:(Online) Clean\, concise\, collaborative code with Christopher Mill
 er
DESCRIPTION:Happy new year\, everyone\, and for our first event of 2022\, w
 e're welcoming back Christopher Miller for another talk on clean\, concise
 \, and collaborative code.\n\nWe will also have some prizes to raffle duri
 ng the event.\n\n=========\n\nAbout Christopher:\n\nChristopher remembers 
 getting his first levels introduction to computing in 1985\, at around age
  three. His dad came home from work one day with a box – it contained a 
 soldering iron\, a book and some bits. They sat at a table together and bu
 ilt a computer. It was a ZX Spectrum 48k. He vividly remembers the feeling
 s of excitement and joy\, as he watched this piece of technology come toge
 ther\, followed by fascination\, as it was plugged into the television for
  the first time and came to life – the sheer ecstasy of watching some bl
 ocky graphics move on a screen in eight different colours\, the sense of a
 nticipation as the tape loaded a game for him and his dad to play.\n\nThat
  day changed Christopher’s life for good. He started to learn the concep
 t of typing things to make other things happen on screen and found a love 
 for making computers do what he wanted to do. He learned this was called p
 rogramming and he liked it. He wrote games that were published in Spectrum
  magazines and knew he was destined to one day work with computers and cre
 ate software.\n\nToday\, Christopher is a Software Engineering Coach for T
 he School Of Code\, teaching people how to code from nothing to full stack
  developer in 16 weeks. He is often found preparing his next talk\, learni
 ng about the next new technology\, or mentoring newcomers to the technolog
 y scene.\n\nChristopher takes great pride in being able to produce highly 
 efficient code\, logical debugging\, seeing the bigger picture when lookin
 g at a feature request from a client\, and suggesting changes that would i
 mprove process efficiency for Customers. Customers often comment on Christ
 ophers ability to turn tech jargon into easy to understand concepts\, help
 ing them to understand the problem\, and the solution\, often helping them
  to see the future possibilities of their applications.\n\n-----\n\nAbstra
 ct:\n\nWe look at why every time code is written we should ask ourselves 7
  questions about our code that help us to put our thinking into the head o
 f someone else reading our code in the future - or even ourselves! By aski
 ng these questions of ourselves\, we can make sure we have Clean\, Concise
  Collaborative Code - or code that someone else can work with.\n\n========
 =\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\n- Lexis Nexis\n- Twilio\n- Oliver Davie
 s Ltd\n\n=========\n\nWe're always looking for experienced speakers\, whet
 her you're a new or experienced speaker\, on a PHP related subject.\n\nVol
 unteer to speak or request a topic: [masked] or #speaking in our Slack gro
 up.\n\nSee https://www.phpsouthwales.uk/slack for more information.\n\nhtt
 ps://www.larachat.co/meetings/online-clean-concise-collaborative-code-with
 -christopher-miller
URL:https://www.larachat.co/meetings/online-clean-concise-collaborative-cod
 e-with-christopher-miller
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR