Scalabase is a new mini-conference running in conjunction with ScalaCon that's aimed at developers who are relatively new to Scala (<= 3 years experience).
Scalabase is a welcoming and safe space for developers who are in the early stages of their Scala journeys.
Most Scala conferences are aimed at proficient Scala developers. This often means that for new developers it can be difficult to understand the conference talks. Scalabase aims to solve this problem. It is a conference specifically aimed at developers who are new to Scala (and not just coming from a Java background).
We envisage that all the speakers at Scalabase are engineers in the early part of their Scala careers presenting topics that are accessible to beginners.
There will be a support programme for speakers to receive mentoring from a senior Scala developer and experienced speaker, so that they can get help preparing their talk. We hope that this will encourage more speakers from under-represented groups in particular.
We're looking for junior Scala developers who may be interested in speaking and would like help to prepare a talk.
We want to increase the pool of potential speakers by providing mentoring to help relatively new developers create a talk. If you know someone who you think could benefit from a bit of help to prepare a talk, and fit our criteria, please get in touch. If you are such a person, please get in touch as well! Our email address is scalabase@googlegroups.com.
Also, we would love to hear from more senior Scala developers who have given talks aimed at beginner Scala devs in the past.
In this case, we offer speakers the opportunity to practice their talk with a couple of junior Scala developers to ensure it's as accessible to juniors as possible.
We're looking for Scala developers who are interested in mentoring a junior dev on preparing a talk. We are looking for experienced developers who are willing to dedicate an hour a week for 3-4 weeks to guide and give advice to a junior colleague. We are hoping this will help increase the pool of potential conference speakers in the future. If you are such a person (or you know someone who would be interested), please get in touch! Our email address is info@scalabaseconf.com
This conference is free! Registration and sign-up details will be available soon.
The conference runs on October 28th and will be virtual. More details on the timezone will be available soon.
ScalaCon is organized by 47 Degrees in partnership with ScalaCon and program committee Amina, Noel, and Frankie.