Zig Day Portland #2: Bring Your Friend to Zig Day!
This event puts a special highlight on Zig newcomers: bring your friend to Zig Day! For those who are new to Zig or programming in general, we will have a dedicated space for you to learn the basics. Andrew, the creator of Zig, has volunteered to help newcomers get started with the language.
Already know your way around Zig? Bring a friend or significant other and help us grow the community!
Background
The primary goal of Zig Day Portland is to make friends, collaborate with each other, and hone our software (and hardware!) engineering skills. Generally, that means working in pairs or groups to write some code and share it at the end of the day.
Learning is the key: feel free to experiment on your own, asking around when in doubt; or sit down with someone else and contribute to an existing Zig project.
There are no constraints for what to do during the Zig Day. If you’re looking for inspiration, try to come up with ideas to strengthen our local community. Volunteer organizations and nonprofits often can use all the help they can get, including in our field of software.
This event is open to the public.
What to expect
A typical Zig Day in Portland runs as follows (times are approximate and will be updated once we secure a venue):
11:00 - 11:30: gathering and chit-chat
11:30 - 12:00: explain projects, form groups, setup workstations
12:00 - 05:30: work on stuff together
05:30 - 06:00: show others what you built and what you learned
Since we're meeting at a restaurant that can serve us food where we're working, you will be able to just take a break and order lunch whenever you're hungry.