Scalendar February 2024

Event-driven Newsletter

Welcome to the February edition of Scalendar, your comprehensive guide to the latest events in the worlds of Scala, Frontend, Software Architecture, and Go. Our compilation includes a variety of conferences, meetups, and workshops across the globe, as well as online, ensuring accessibility for everyone interested.

Scala Conferences February 2024

Scala.io

• February 15th-16th, 2024
• Nantes, France
• http://scala.io/ 

The 10th edition of Scala.IO, a Scala conference in February 2024 for enthusiasts and those curious about the language ecosystem. Organized by Scala supporters from the community, the conference offers a platform for exchanging ideas and networking among enthusiasts and practitioners. With a rich history from 2013 to 2022, including 200+ past edition videos available on their YouTube channel, the 2024 edition features prominent speakers such as Jim Newton, Uli Fahrenberg, and others from diverse backgrounds. The event promises two days of insightful talks, a single track, and ample community space.

Scala Berlin Meetup @ MOIA

• February 1, 2024
• Berlin, Germany
• https://www.meetup.com/moia-gmbh/events/297612183/ 

The Scala Berlin Meetup, hosted at MOIA in Berlin invites developers to a free event featuring talks by Lukasz Bialy of Virtus Lab and Navid Jalali of MOIA. Bialy will provide a hands-on session on Besom, a Pulumi SDK for Scala, showcasing full-stack Scala implementation for infrastructure management. Jalali’s talk explores the algebraic nature of data types in languages like Scala and Rust. The schedule includes a networking session with food and drinks, followed by talks and Q&A. The event will conclude with another networking session.

Scala in the City

• February 29, 2024
• London, UK
• https://www.meetup.com/scala-in-the-city/events/297812590/ 

Explore the vibrant Scala community at Scala in the City’s February meetup hosted at Currency Cloud and Visa’s London offices. this event promises an exciting evening filled with insightful three talks on cutting-edge Scala topics presented by influential figures in the Scala community.

London Scala Talks

• February 5, 2024
• London, UK
• https://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/297612309/ 

Get ready for an exciting evening with the London Scala User Group’s Scala Talks event featuring Sophie Collard and Nicolas Rinaudo. Sophie Collard will be sharing insights on lessons learned from a year of building UIs with Elm, and Nicolas Rinaudo discussing “The debatably Free monad”.

The Atlanta Scala Meetup

• February 7, 2024
• Online
• https://www.meetup.com/atlanta-scala/events/298323893/ 

Participate in the Monthly Virtual Meetup hosted by The Atlanta Scala Meetup Group. This community is designed for Scala practitioners to engage with like-minded individuals, share knowledge on exciting technologies, and foster connections with job-seekers or companies looking to hire Scala professionals. The meetup format is adaptable, aiming for a blend of community involvement, speakers, and workshops.

Dallas Scala Enthusiasts

• February 9, 2024
• Online
• https://www.meetup.com/dallas-scala-enthusiasts/events/298497759/ 

Join the Dallas Scala Enthusiasts for their Scala Discussion and Conversation meetup, a virtual event. The group welcomes attendees to suggest topics and bring questions for engaging discussions. Presentations from individuals of all experience levels are encouraged, providing a platform for sharing insights and fostering community learning. The relaxed atmosphere allows for general conversation, discussion, and socializing among Scala enthusiasts.

Software Architecture

DEVWorld 2024

• February 29 – March 1, 2024
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• https://devworldconference.com/ 

DEVWorld, the premier developer conference, is set to take place in Amsterdam. With an impressive lineup of speakers from tech giants like Google, Microsoft, AWS, and more, the conference covers a diverse range of topics, including JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Angular, Node.js, PHP, Java, Kotlin, Cyber Security, DevOps, iOS, Android, and Blockchain Development. DEVWorld promises to be a groundbreaking experience, bridging the gap between technology and creativity, with renowned speakers such as Evan You (Creator of Vue & Vite), Angie Jones (Vice President of Global Developer Relations), and Scott Chacon (Co-Founder at GitHub) sharing their insights. Whether you’re interested in frontend, backend, AI, or DevOps, DEVWorld covers it all, making it a must-attend event for developers looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

NDC Sydney 2024

• February 12-16, 2024
• Sydney, Australia
• https://ndcsydney.com/ 

Secure your tickets now to immerse yourself in a week filled with insightful workshops, engaging speakers, and cutting-edge discussions covering a spectrum of topics crucial for software development. With renowned speakers like Scott Hanselman, Eli Holderness, and Troy Hunt, among others, offering their expertise and a diverse range of workshops. Explore the 90+ conference sessions covering the latest trends and advancements in software development. Whether you’re looking to enhance your skills, network with industry professionals, or stay abreast of the latest developments, NDC Sydney has it all.

Civo Navigate North America 2024

• February 20-21, 2024
• Austin, United States
• https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america 

This tech conference offers a rich blend of talks and workshops centered on mastering the cloud native landscape. Delve into innovation as they redefine the cloud native experience, tailored to empower businesses with the full potential of cloud native technologies. Their curated sessions cater to everyone from novices to experts, ensuring actionable insights for all proficiency levels. Join industry leaders, including keynote speaker Solomon Hykes, the revolutionary mind behind Docker. With up to 1,000 attendees, 50+ speakers, and 10 workshops over two days.

DeveloperWeek 2024

• February 21-23, 2024
• San Francisco, United States / Online
• https://www.developerweek.com/ 

Explore the world of DeveloperWeek, the largest developer conference and event series that gathers over 8,000 professionals, including developers, engineers, architects, dev teams, managers, and executives from 70+ countries. DeveloperWeek offers an extensive program featuring the DeveloperWeek 2024 Conference & Expo, a 1,000+ attendee hackathon, an 800+ attendee tech hiring expo, and various workshops, technical talks, and keynotes. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies such as VR development, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, IoT, Serverless, and new JavaScript frameworks, DeveloperWeek provides both introductory lessons and advanced insights. Co-located with ProductWorld and CloudWorld, DeveloperWeek spotlights new technologies and welcomes companies like Google, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, and many more.

ConFoo Montreal 2024

• February 21-23, 2024
• Montreal, Canada
• https://confoo.ca/en/2024 

With a focus on delivering pragmatic solutions, the event boasts 155 presentations by renowned international speakers, providing attendees with invaluable insights. Returning developers unanimously express that they’ve gained more knowledge in three days at ConFoo than in three years of college. The conference covers a diverse range of topics, including Software Architecture, Software Quality & Security, Management, Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, and the latest developments in PHP, Java, .Net, JavaScript, Python, and more. Participants can personalize their experience by choosing from a variety of talks and building a personalized schedule. Notable talks for the 2024 edition include “Congratulations, you failed!” by Michiel Rook and “Does your API need a rest? Check out GraphQL” by Dan Vega.

Norfolk Developers Conference 2024

• February 15-16, 2024
• Norwich, United Kingdom
• https://nordevcon.com/ 

Explore the latest trends, advancements, and challenges in technology, acquiring valuable insights to propel both your career and business. The schedule boasts a lineup of engaging talks, panel discussions, and workshops, covering topics ranging from software development to business and well-being. With tracks like Frontend Development, Backend Development, and System Engineering & DevOps, attendees can tailor their experience to align with their interests. Expect a chill community vibe, complimentary lunches, and a chance to make meaningful connections in a natural and fun networking environment.

Frontend

Kongres Next.js 2024

• February 2, 2024
• Warsaw, Poland
• https://kongresnextjs.pl/ 

Join the Kongres Next.js Conference & Job Fair in Warsaw, Poland, on February 2, 2024, as it bridges the future with Next.js, Remix, Nuxt, Angular, React.js, TypeScript, Qwik, and beyond! With a dynamic lineup of speakers, including Elian Van Cutsem, Kitze, Sylwia Vargas, Max Stoiber, Ruby Jane Cabagnot, and more, this conference promises a knowledge-packed experience in web development. The schedule features talks on a variety of topics, from GitHub stars and Angular changes to frontend architectures and interactive web apps at the edge. Secure your tickets now for an immersive journey into the future of web development, with access to all talks, job fair admission, drinks, refreshments, and the closing party.

DevOps.js Confernce 2024

• February 15-16, 2024
• Online
• https://devopsjsconf.com/ 

This two-day event brings together over 20 expert speakers, including Maël Nison, Zoltan Kochan, Maya Shavin, Emanuele Stoppa, Natalia Venditto, Anthony Shew, and more. Gain valuable insights into building, deploying, and monitoring JavaScript apps through practical talks covering topics such as build tools, CI/CD, security, monitoring, performance, edge runtimes, code quality, monorepos, and HumanOps. Meet authors and core teams of popular projects like Yarn, pnpm, biome, Turborepo, and Lerna. Join 5,000+ JavaScript developers and architects for this immersive experience.

JSWorld Conference 2024

• February 28 – March 1, 2024
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• https://jsworldconference.com/ 

With 2500 JavaScript enthusiasts attending, the conference boasts 75 sessions covering diverse topics. Notable speakers include Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite, Scott Chacon, co-founder of GitHub, and Ryan Dahl, the visionary behind Node.js. The event will cover frameworks such as React, Angular, Nuxt, and showcase cutting-edge tools like Astro, Vite, and Qwik. The conference venue, Theater Amsterdam, described as the “Most Impressive Venue” by global JavaScript leaders, promises an immersive experience. Attendees will also enjoy the Largest Developer Community.

Vuejs Amsterdam 2024

• February 28-29, 2024
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• https://vuejs.amsterdam/ 

The event boasts presentations from core team members such as Evan You, the creator of Vue, and Eduardo San Martin Morote, the creator of Pinia. The conference covers updates on Vue, Nuxt, Vite, and other tools, offering technical deep dives and insights from prominent Vue ecosystem contributors. VueJS Amsterdam is a global gathering, attracting attendees from over 50 countries and 437 companies.

WarsawJS Meetup

• February 14, 2024
• Warszawa, Poland / Online
• https://www.meetup.com/WarsawJS/events/298436953/ 

The event features three captivating talks by industry experts Michał Warda, Krzysztof Wojnarowski, and Barbara Czyż, covering topics such as AI experience, familiar programming challenges, and API documentation. The gathering includes networking opportunities with pizza and beer, creating an ideal environment for connecting with like-minded JavaScript enthusiasts. Limited tickets are available, so be sure to reserve your spot early. If you can’t attend in person, the event offers online streaming via https://warsawjs.com/live.

Go

GoWroc

• February 20, 2024
• Wrocław, Poland
• https://www.meetup.com/gowroc/events/298609212?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=event_announce_en 

The event promises an exciting agenda with two talks on cutting-edge topics. Bogdan Kurnosov will delve into building a UDP log receiver in Go for CDN needs, covering aspects like graceful upgrades and performance optimization. Bartłomiej Święcki will explore the experimental ‘rangefunc’ feature in Golang 1.22, bringing range for loops to the next level. The event also includes networking sessions with free beers and pizza. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with fellow Gophers and explore the vibrant Go Developers Network. The meetup, part of GDN, aims to empower developer communities with knowledge and experience.

GopherCon Europe 2024

• February 6-8, 2024
• Athens, Greece
• https://gophercon.eu/ 

GopherCon Europe 2024 celebrates seven years with events in Athens (Feb 6-8) and Berlin (Jun 17-20)! The Athens schedule spans a Community Day with lightning talks and workshops, leading to Talks Day featuring keynote speakers like Jesús Espino and Stefan Gajic.

Ultimate Go

• February 19-22, 2024
• Online
• https://www.ardanlabs.com/events/ultimate-go-with-miki-tebeka/ 

Ardan Labs presents “Ultimate Go with Miki Tebeka,” a comprehensive four-day workshop. The online workshop, conducted via Zoom, is tailored for Go developers seeking to enhance their coding skills by delving into memory and data semantics, data-oriented design, concurrency, and performance optimization. Led by Miki Tebeka, participants will explore valuable topics such as value semantics, CPU scheduling, synchronization techniques, and performance profiling. The workshop provides an opportunity to grasp coding best practices, understand concurrency patterns, and optimize Go code for better performance. To benefit from group training, Ardan Labs offers business accounts for teams of five or more engineers.

Seattle Go Programmers

• February 14, 2024
• Online
• https://www.meetup.com/golang/events/297064511/ 

Join the Monthly Meetup hosted by the Seattle Go Programmers on the second Wednesday of each month. The group provides a platform for networking, discussions, and sharing insights related to programming languages, computer programming, software development, new technology.

GDG Berlin Golang

• February 13, 2024
• Berlin, Germany / Online
• https://www.meetup.com/golang-users-berlin/events/298727590?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=event_announce_en 

This hybrid event offers both in-person and virtual attendance. The agenda includes networking, a welcome session, a talk on “Behaviour Driven Testing in Go” by Lukasz Goworko, and a second talk will be announced soon. Attendees can propose topics, submit talk proposals, and engage in discussions via the Gophers slack and are encouraged to follow the event on Twitter.

Belfast Gophers

• February 29, 2024
• TBA
• https://www.meetup.com/Belfast-Gophers/events/298865460?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=event_announce_en 

The first talk by Simon Hewitt will explore Passkeys, a concept Apple and Google hailed as “the beginning of the end of the password.” Simon will provide an introduction to Passkeys and demonstrate how to enhance service security using them. The meetup covers topics like Open Source, New Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, and Golang. Attendees can expect engaging discussions and networking opportunities.

Prague Goland Meetup

• February 20, 2024
• Prague, Czech Republic
• https://www.meetup.com/Prague-Golang-Meetup/events/298713894?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=event_announce_en 

The event kicks off with talks starting at 18:30, featuring speakers like Ladislav Prskavec (Pure) providing insights into the new features of Go 1.22, Sören Martius (CEO Terramate) discussing Terramate, Miroslav Koukal (Pure) exploring the intersection of Go and SQLc, and Jan Dubsky (Pure) delving into mid-stack inlining to enhance performance-critical APIs. Additional details about the talks will be provided as they become available. 

Summary 

The February edition of the Scalendar presents an incredibly diverse and enriching array of events for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of Scala, Frontend, Software Architecture, and Go. With events spread across the globe, from Nantes to Sydney and Warsaw to San Francisco, there is a rich diversity of opportunities for professionals and enthusiasts alike to engage, learn, and network.

Previous Scalendar Editions

• Scalendar September 2023
• Scalendar October 2023
• Scalendar November 2023
• Scalendar December 2023
• Scalendar January 2024