Queer Code Yorkshire

Queer Code is a community for queer programmers who wish to write code within a supportive environment

Join us at the very first Queer Code Yorkshire event! We’ve got the founders of Queer Code London coming over for some technical talks on improving your code. There’ll also be networking and discussion about what we want the future of Queer Code Yorkshire to be. We hope you can join us!
Queer Code is a community for queer programmers who wish to write code within a supportive environment. Participants and organisers agree to follow our <A HREF="http://queer-code.org/coc.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Code of Conduct</A>.
This launch event is open to allies.
Schedule
18:00 Welcome food and drinks
18:30 Refactoring Mount Doom - Tackling Legacy Code - Franzi
19:15 Short break
19:30 Discipline in Code - Daniel
20:15 Discussion about how Queer Code London works and how we want Queer Code Yorkshire to work
21:00 Event ends
Refactoring Mount Doom - Tackling Legacy Code
A lot of us are familiar with that nightmare where you are trying to get to your destination, and keeping moving, trying different things, but for various reasons, you never arrive.
Some refactorings are like that - you extract methods, name constants, increase readability… In short, you spend a lot of time cleaning up - but you never get to a good place with the code. In this talk, I will show you how to refactor for the right reasons and the right methods to use your time efficiently. Let’s make working with that code easier in the future.
Discipline in code
When we first learn to code we focus on learning syntax and how to design programs. When we join a team of professional programmers, we also learn about team practices like XP and pair programming, and tools like revision control systems. But rarely do we stop to learn about our own personal techniques and habits. These techniques and habits are what we’re referring to when we talk about discipline in code. How disciplined are you in your daily work? From ‘check in early and often’ to ‘refactor mercilessly’, there’s a whole array of patterns you can follow to be a more disciplined and a more effective programmer. This talk details many of these patterns and the philosophy behind them.
Speaker Bios
Franzi has worked as a software developer and consultant for about five years in Germany, London and Zurich. Their passions include Test Driven Development, Refactoring, XP techniques and high-quality software development. They are always trying to improve their skills and share knowledge. Franzi uses their skills and creativity to develop software that is reliable, easy to adapt and does what it is supposed to do.As an active member of the European Software Crafter community, they love to participate in unconferences. They co-founded and co-organise Queer Code London, organise European Testing Conference and speak at conferences all over Europe. They love running code retreats, open spaces and workshops.
Daniel is a software consultant based in London, UK, currently working for 8th Light. He’s a member of the Software Crafter community, and a co-founder and organizer of Queer Code London. As well as writing software, he enjoys mentoring others and promoting diversity &amp; inclusion within the tech industry.
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The event is taking place in the Sky Betting &amp; Gaming offices on the third floor of 6 Wellington Place.
There is a level route from the NCP car park (which has limited accessible parking spaces), CitiPark, and the train station.  The venue is on the 3rd floor with multiple lifts available.

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