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Posted to dev@cassandra.apache.org by Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> on 2014/06/04 00:17:05 UTC
Re: Cassandra internals bootcamp, Sept 12-13, San Francisco
Update:
I'm planning to send out confirmations for half of the seats at the
end of June, and the other half two weeks later. We are definitely
going to fill this up, so don't wait until the last minute to apply!
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Want to contribute to Cassandra but don't know where to start?
>
> For the first time, we'll be running a bootcamp for new Cassandra
> contributors immediately after the Cassandra Summit this September.
> This is NOT a projectors-and-powerpoint conference. The best way to
> learn a new project is to hack on it, and that's what we'll be doing.
>
> We won't be throwing you in the deep end. Actually, we will, but
> we'll give you some pointers on swimming technique first. Friday
> morning will cover overviews of different areas of the Cassandra
> storage engine and query processing. Then Friday afternoon we'll have
> everyone working on a single LHF ("low hanging fruit") ticket as a
> warm up. Saturday we'll throw open for working on any Cassandra
> ticket individually or in groups. Both days, we'll have Cassandra
> committers circulating the room to answer questions and get you
> un-stuck.
>
> Attendance is free, but to make sure we can give people individual
> attention as needed, we're limiting this to 40 attendees. We also
> have some prerequisites in the interest of getting the most out of our
> time together:
>
> - Have a strong core Java background including familiarity with
> java.util.concurrent
>
> - Bring a laptop with the Cassandra source checked out and ready to
> run in your IDE of choice (see
> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToContribute for links to
> instructions for Eclipse and Intellij). We will NOT be covering this
> during the boot camp, so come prepared.
>
> - Set up an Apache Cassandra JIRA account ahead of time
> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA).
>
> - Read the Dynamo and Annotated Cassandra papers ahead of
> time (http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/,
> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/articles/cassandra/cassandrathenandnow.html)
>
> - Browse the low-hanging fruit tickets
> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012310865%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20lhf%20AND%20status%20!%3D%20resolved)
> and have an idea of what you want to work on in day 2.
>
> Apply at http://learn.datastax.com/CassandraSummitBootcampApplication.html
>
> --
> Jonathan Ellis
> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> @spyced
--
Jonathan Ellis
Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
@spyced
Re: Cassandra internals bootcamp, Sept 12-13, San Francisco
Posted by Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>.
Not this year.
On Jun 28, 2014 7:06 AM, "Christopher Batey" <ch...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello
>
> Are there any plans to run a similar event around the EU summit?
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
> > On 28 Jun 2014, at 00:02, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The first acceptance notices have been sent. There's still time to
> > apply for the second batch!
> >
> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Update:
> >>
> >> I'm planning to send out confirmations for half of the seats at the
> >> end of June, and the other half two weeks later. We are definitely
> >> going to fill this up, so don't wait until the last minute to apply!
> >>
> >>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Want to contribute to Cassandra but don't know where to start?
> >>>
> >>> For the first time, we'll be running a bootcamp for new Cassandra
> >>> contributors immediately after the Cassandra Summit this September.
> >>> This is NOT a projectors-and-powerpoint conference. The best way to
> >>> learn a new project is to hack on it, and that's what we'll be doing.
> >>>
> >>> We won't be throwing you in the deep end. Actually, we will, but
> >>> we'll give you some pointers on swimming technique first. Friday
> >>> morning will cover overviews of different areas of the Cassandra
> >>> storage engine and query processing. Then Friday afternoon we'll have
> >>> everyone working on a single LHF ("low hanging fruit") ticket as a
> >>> warm up. Saturday we'll throw open for working on any Cassandra
> >>> ticket individually or in groups. Both days, we'll have Cassandra
> >>> committers circulating the room to answer questions and get you
> >>> un-stuck.
> >>>
> >>> Attendance is free, but to make sure we can give people individual
> >>> attention as needed, we're limiting this to 40 attendees. We also
> >>> have some prerequisites in the interest of getting the most out of our
> >>> time together:
> >>>
> >>> - Have a strong core Java background including familiarity with
> >>> java.util.concurrent
> >>>
> >>> - Bring a laptop with the Cassandra source checked out and ready to
> >>> run in your IDE of choice (see
> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToContribute for links to
> >>> instructions for Eclipse and Intellij). We will NOT be covering this
> >>> during the boot camp, so come prepared.
> >>>
> >>> - Set up an Apache Cassandra JIRA account ahead of time
> >>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA).
> >>>
> >>> - Read the Dynamo and Annotated Cassandra papers ahead of
> >>> time (http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/,
> >>>
> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/articles/cassandra/cassandrathenandnow.html
> )
> >>>
> >>> - Browse the low-hanging fruit tickets
> >>> (
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012310865%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20lhf%20AND%20status%20!%3D%20resolved
> )
> >>> and have an idea of what you want to work on in day 2.
> >>>
> >>> Apply at
> http://learn.datastax.com/CassandraSummitBootcampApplication.html
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jonathan Ellis
> >>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> >>> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> >>> @spyced
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Ellis
> >> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> >> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> >> @spyced
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Ellis
> > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> > co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> > @spyced
>
Re: Cassandra internals bootcamp, Sept 12-13, San Francisco
Posted by Christopher Batey <ch...@gmail.com>.
Hello
Are there any plans to run a similar event around the EU summit?
Cheers
Chris
> On 28 Jun 2014, at 00:02, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The first acceptance notices have been sent. There's still time to
> apply for the second batch!
>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Update:
>>
>> I'm planning to send out confirmations for half of the seats at the
>> end of June, and the other half two weeks later. We are definitely
>> going to fill this up, so don't wait until the last minute to apply!
>>
>>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Want to contribute to Cassandra but don't know where to start?
>>>
>>> For the first time, we'll be running a bootcamp for new Cassandra
>>> contributors immediately after the Cassandra Summit this September.
>>> This is NOT a projectors-and-powerpoint conference. The best way to
>>> learn a new project is to hack on it, and that's what we'll be doing.
>>>
>>> We won't be throwing you in the deep end. Actually, we will, but
>>> we'll give you some pointers on swimming technique first. Friday
>>> morning will cover overviews of different areas of the Cassandra
>>> storage engine and query processing. Then Friday afternoon we'll have
>>> everyone working on a single LHF ("low hanging fruit") ticket as a
>>> warm up. Saturday we'll throw open for working on any Cassandra
>>> ticket individually or in groups. Both days, we'll have Cassandra
>>> committers circulating the room to answer questions and get you
>>> un-stuck.
>>>
>>> Attendance is free, but to make sure we can give people individual
>>> attention as needed, we're limiting this to 40 attendees. We also
>>> have some prerequisites in the interest of getting the most out of our
>>> time together:
>>>
>>> - Have a strong core Java background including familiarity with
>>> java.util.concurrent
>>>
>>> - Bring a laptop with the Cassandra source checked out and ready to
>>> run in your IDE of choice (see
>>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToContribute for links to
>>> instructions for Eclipse and Intellij). We will NOT be covering this
>>> during the boot camp, so come prepared.
>>>
>>> - Set up an Apache Cassandra JIRA account ahead of time
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA).
>>>
>>> - Read the Dynamo and Annotated Cassandra papers ahead of
>>> time (http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/,
>>> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/articles/cassandra/cassandrathenandnow.html)
>>>
>>> - Browse the low-hanging fruit tickets
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012310865%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20lhf%20AND%20status%20!%3D%20resolved)
>>> and have an idea of what you want to work on in day 2.
>>>
>>> Apply at http://learn.datastax.com/CassandraSummitBootcampApplication.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Ellis
>>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
>>> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
>>> @spyced
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Ellis
>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
>> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
>> @spyced
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Ellis
> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> @spyced
Re: Cassandra internals bootcamp, Sept 12-13, San Francisco
Posted by Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>.
The first acceptance notices have been sent. There's still time to
apply for the second batch!
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Update:
>
> I'm planning to send out confirmations for half of the seats at the
> end of June, and the other half two weeks later. We are definitely
> going to fill this up, so don't wait until the last minute to apply!
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Want to contribute to Cassandra but don't know where to start?
>>
>> For the first time, we'll be running a bootcamp for new Cassandra
>> contributors immediately after the Cassandra Summit this September.
>> This is NOT a projectors-and-powerpoint conference. The best way to
>> learn a new project is to hack on it, and that's what we'll be doing.
>>
>> We won't be throwing you in the deep end. Actually, we will, but
>> we'll give you some pointers on swimming technique first. Friday
>> morning will cover overviews of different areas of the Cassandra
>> storage engine and query processing. Then Friday afternoon we'll have
>> everyone working on a single LHF ("low hanging fruit") ticket as a
>> warm up. Saturday we'll throw open for working on any Cassandra
>> ticket individually or in groups. Both days, we'll have Cassandra
>> committers circulating the room to answer questions and get you
>> un-stuck.
>>
>> Attendance is free, but to make sure we can give people individual
>> attention as needed, we're limiting this to 40 attendees. We also
>> have some prerequisites in the interest of getting the most out of our
>> time together:
>>
>> - Have a strong core Java background including familiarity with
>> java.util.concurrent
>>
>> - Bring a laptop with the Cassandra source checked out and ready to
>> run in your IDE of choice (see
>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToContribute for links to
>> instructions for Eclipse and Intellij). We will NOT be covering this
>> during the boot camp, so come prepared.
>>
>> - Set up an Apache Cassandra JIRA account ahead of time
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA).
>>
>> - Read the Dynamo and Annotated Cassandra papers ahead of
>> time (http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/,
>> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/articles/cassandra/cassandrathenandnow.html)
>>
>> - Browse the low-hanging fruit tickets
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012310865%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20lhf%20AND%20status%20!%3D%20resolved)
>> and have an idea of what you want to work on in day 2.
>>
>> Apply at http://learn.datastax.com/CassandraSummitBootcampApplication.html
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Ellis
>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
>> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
>> @spyced
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Ellis
> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
> @spyced
--
Jonathan Ellis
Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
co-founder, http://www.datastax.com
@spyced