BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T214036Z UID:xicCsA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211123 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20211109T222137 DESCRIPTION: Event \n\n Join us on Monday the 22nd of November for an eveni ng of web development talks featuring 3 fantastic local speakers\, giving you an opportunity to learn\, catch-up with the community and enjoy free f ood. \n\n Watch the stream &\; recording on NIDC's YouTube channel.\nht tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x88oL_M7O4 \n\n Talk #1 by Neil McCallion: Go North\, Get Sword: Making Text Games on the Web \n\n Development Manage r @ Lightspeed (ex-ShopKeep\, BelfastJS) \n\n Text adventures were some of the earliest and most influential computer games. Born of the need to pre sent fantasy worlds without complex graphics\, games like Colossal Cave Ad venture and Zork spawned an entire genre of ‘interactive fiction’ that has evolved\, mutated and persisted to this day\, despite the massive adv ances in games and graphics over the decades.For aspiring writers\, indie game devs with limited resources\, and engineers looking to flex their cre ativity\, making a text game can be hugely rewarding. The web’s text-bas ed roots\, rich APIs\, and ease of development and distribution make it a natural home for your next adventure.\nJoin me for a look at the basics of text adventure writing and development\, with a focus on what browsers ca n bring to the table. From simple linked HTML pages to full JavaScript-bas ed game engines\, we will explore how to structure map data\, parse user i nput\, keep track of state\, and add complex logic on our journey to a wor king adventure game. Bring a torch! \n\n Neil McCallion is a development m anager at LightSpeed\, a long-tenured browser-based developer\, and occasi onal community speaker. Neil likes to promote the more creative and experi mental side of the Web\, from audio-visual art and learning aids to game d ev and beyond\, while also pushing for better performance\, accessibility and inclusion on the platform. Will ‘do things’ for cake. \n\n Talk #2 by Paul Barber: Why quit a perfectly good job and end up building a Twitt er bot with 60 followers \n\n Data Person at Code and Numbers \n\n After 1 8 years working in software and data analytics\, most recently leading the engineering and data science team at Analytics Engines\, last summer I ca me to the conclusion that I knew what I didn't like doing\, the bigger cha llenge was to know what I did want to do. Up until that point I'd been fol lowing a fairly standard career path in technology - get good at tech\, th en become an OK manager. Since then I've set up as an independent contract or\, joined the NHS COVID workforce appeal in a graduate role\, and spent *a lot* of time on a twitter bot about COVID-19 in NI. \n\n Things I've le arned:\n- what you are good at and what makes you happy aren't the same th ing\n- working in the public sector is a great and unintentional route to humility\n- from a software development perspective\, if you thought start ups were bad\, wait until you meet the public sector\n- working with Micro soft tools is a great and unintentional route to humility\n- building auto mated data analysis (that other people understand) in 280 characters is ex ceptionally difficult \n\n Paul is a data and software contractor\, recent ly working with Tourism NI and the Public Health Authority. Before contrac ting he led the engineering and data science team at Analytics Engines and developed broadcast products at Ericsson Television. \n\n Talk #3 - TBA \ n\n Time \n\n The main event runs from 7pm - 9pm\, but doors open at 6pm w ith catering available from around 6pm. \n\n If you're coming in straight from work\, come to the space at 6pm to chill out and have some food befor e the event. \n\n Accessibility \n\n An elevator is available for anyone u nable to use stairs\, and our event will be taking place in a single-floor flat area without stairs. Toilets will be available downstairs. \n\n Tran sport and Parking \n\n There are multiple car parks in the area\, includin g NPC Dublin Road and because it’s past 7 there should be some places on the streets. The surrounding area is very safe however NIDC is not respon sible for your vehicle. \n\n Code of Conduct \n\n Our standard Code of Con duct applies. \n\n COVID-19 \n\n A COVID-19 risk assessment has been perfo rmed for the venue.\nOur event is indoors and will require masks to be wor n. We ask that you be mindful and respectful of others if asked\, please k eep a distance. Capacity will have a maximum of 60 people.\nYour sign-up e mail will be used as track-and-trace contact information. \n\n FAQ from Yo u \n\n Send us your questions\, whichever way you prefer and we’ll put a nswers on this page for everybody.\nhttps://twitter.com/NIDevConf \n LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T222606 LOCATION:Ormeau Baths ORGANIZER:mailto:inbox@nidevconf.com SUMMARY:Monday - BelfastJS @ NIDC Meetup Week URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/nidc/nidcmeetupweekmonday URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/nidc/nidcmeetupweekmonday END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR