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1. Developer Experience Hackfest, 2015

Collabora, Cambridge, England: 25–29 January 2015

Primary contact: PhilipWithnall <philip tecnocode co.uk>
Secondary contact: AllanDay

1.1. Relevant GNOME team

GTK+, GLib, documentation developers

1.2. Description

Following on from the successful 2014 DX hackfest, this event aims to continue the tradition of pushing forward roadmaps for the toolkit and developer experience. This year’s event will be co-hosted with a documentation hackfest, allowing some crossover between developer and user documentation planning.

The hackfest will be held immediately before FOSDEM, giving people a day to travel over to Brussels afterwards.

People will be jumping in and out of #dev-x on irc.gnome.org; the docs team will be on #docs on the same server.

1.3. Goals

As with last year’s event, all aspects of the GNOME application developer experience are in scope, including:

The central aim of this hackfest is to agree on an actionable plan for the next year for each area of the developer experience, including a GTK+ roadmap, a continued plan for Builder, and continued integration of the GL work in GTK+.

1.4. Schedule

People are free to arrive earlier or leave later, and spend time in the office hacking on things. A tentative schedule:

1.5. Agenda

Specific items to address during the hackfest (feel free to add to the list), which should be taken as a measure of success:

1.6. Attendees

Note that docs hackfest attendees are listed on the docs hackfest page.

Name

Relevant contribution/aim

Foundation member?

Arrives on

Departs on

Flight cost

Accommodation cost

Total sponsorship request

PhilipWithnall

Toolkit and dev. tools

Resident

Resident

0

0

0

AlexanderLarsson

Toolkit and Apps

Late 25th

29th

130 Euro

?

?

ChristianHergert

Builder

25th

30th

$1000

$250

?

CosimoCecchi

Toolkit and Apps

25th

30th

$1000

$250

?

EmmanueleBassi

Toolkit and dev tools

Resident

Resident

0

?

?

NickRichards

Toolkit and Apps

😞

Resident

Resident

0

0

0

RobTaylor

Apps

26th

30th

None

?

0

AllanDay

Toolkit, Builder, Apps, Developer Docs

25th

29th

0

0

0 (tentative)

RyanLortie

Platform

😞

very late Saturday

Thursday

(paid)

(paid)

(paid)

CarlosGarnacho

Toolkit, Developer Docs

25th

29th

102€

?

?

ZeeshanAli

Builder

27th

27th

0

0

0

1.6.1. Remote participants

Name

Comments

1.7. Current sponsors

1.8. Venue

The venue for the event is the Collabora office, Cambridge, England: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/45675965

1.9. How to get there

1.9.1. From Europe

  • Fly to STN with Ryanair/EasyJet, then take the train to Cambridge
  • Take the Eurostar to London, then take a train to Cambridge

1.9.2. From faraway places

  • Fly to LHR or LGW, then take the tube across London, then train (or bus) to Cambridge
  • Fly to LHR or LGW, then take the bus to Cambridge

1.9.3. How to leave

FOSDEM will be taking place on 2014-02-01 and 2014-02-02, it is rather easy to get to Brussels by train or car.

1.10. Accommodation and food

There are two suitable Travelodges: central, and on Newmarket Road:

There’s also a hostel:

A recommended B&B place:

Some floor space may be available, please list yourself as an interested party in the Attendees list.

1.10.1. Nearby Hacker-Friendly Cafés and Pubs

For late night hacking and socialising:

  • The Flying Pig
  • The Haymakers
  • CB2
  • Backstreet Bistro
  • Cambridge Blue

For fry-ups:

For lunch:

For dinner:

1.11. Reports

Here we will link all the blog posts published during or after the hackfest, including information about the work done. If tweeting about the hackfest, please use the hashtag #dxhackfest2015.

1.12. Questions & Comments


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