Nerd Club

[ben]

Hi all,
  A modest proposal: a study group for programmers, based in Tagbilaran.  Our focus would be on Design Patterns.  These are the refined models - building blocks - of programming, often reused. 
  As wikipedia summarises: "In software engineering, a design pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. A design pattern is not a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template for how to solve a problem that can be used in many different situations."
  Read more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern_(computer_science)

  Why do programmers need such a group to discuss this topic in particular?  Because they're sometimes tricky to understand and difficult to remember if you just read about them.  Many times I've read about Patterns - only to later forget all but the basics.  Hopefully we can discuss examples and gain insights from each other.

  The benefits: with a deep understand of this stuff you can write  code!

  I hope there is some interest from people working in software development, students and academics.  If you are interested post below and we'll organise it!
Cheers,
Ben

disclaimer:
It's not an original idea, see http://www.industriallogic.com/patterns/index.html - an overview of such a study group based in New York.

[G@Len]

its good to hear about this...

[ben]

Making this logo was a fun waste of time:

[CLIPER]

hahaha.. yeah right..

[ben]

I guess we'll wait and see about this.  Need a critical mass of people - say 5 or so to make it happen.

[G@Len]

ben, why not hunt for some "interested" college studs to start with...

[ben]

sure, it's ideal for college students - but we also need experienced people so that they can relate their real-world examples.

[Mari]

Making this logo was a fun waste of time:

cool stuff u got there!

[G@Len]

sure, it's ideal for college students - but we also need experienced people so that they can relate their real-world examples.

maybe you can start from your company. then spread the good news to every software developers in bohol thru a group mail.