2018 RacketCon Office Hours Survey

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Last year at (seventh racketcon) we held Racketeer Office hours to critical acclaim. Among the feedback we received were two major themes:

- Many people wanted to learn how to use Racket and wished for more explicitly guided activities, such as workshops and tutorials.

- Many other people wanted more pre-planned and pre-organized efforts to contribute to and collaborate on (the wiki list wasn't quite enough).

To continue the tradition of making each RacketCon the best one yet, this year we would like to explore organizing a handful of small groups of Racketeers to lead focused sections of Office Hours. Groups will be loosely united around a common field such as "types" or "web programming". We're looking for two different kinds of groups which we're calling "teams" and "workshops":

- Teams are Racketeers who wish to work on community projects in a specific field. For example, a "testing team" may choose a set of Racket testing packages to improve with documentation, features, bug fixes, etc.

- Workshops are Racketeers who wish to give Racket newcomers hands-on lessons in a specific field, such as with some sort of tutorial project.

We want you involved in the planning of the office hours to make them a success and ensure they meet the needs of the community.

Do you plan to come to come to RacketCon on September 29th in St. Louis? *

Yes

Maybe

It depends on the talks

Do you plan to come to come to Office Hours on September 30th in St. Louis? *

Yes

Maybe

It depends on the available teams and workshops

How many teams/workshop sessions would you want to participate in? *

One --- I want to work on something big or learn something deep, so I want to spend all day about 6 hours on it

Two --- I want to do two different things and spend about 3 hours on each

Three --- I want everyone to do a shared activity at the beginning of the day and then a variety of activities after

Four --- I want to do a bunch of different things and spend about 1.5 hours on each

Would you want to participate in a team or a workshop? *

Team --- I want to contribute to Racket with others

Workshop --- I want to learn from an expert

Both --- I want to spend part of the day in a team and part of the day in a workshop

What topics are you interested in? *

Each of these topics fits either a workshop or team model

Types. Type systems, tools for building typed Racket languages, program verification, theorem proving, Typed Racket, Hackett, other kinds of static analysis, etc.

Web programming. Servers and services, networking, HTTP+REST, browsers, etc.

DLSs, language design, and Racket ecosystem integration

Racket macro technology. (Distinct from DSL design.)

Compilation and "Macros for X" DSLs (i.e. using Racket to compile to other existing languages but with extra features)

Industrial Racket

Games and Art

Documentation

File format reading, writing, and munging

Network protocol implementation

Machine learning and data analysis

Other:

Required

If you had to pick a single topic, which would it be? *

Each of these topics fits either a workshop or team model

Types. Type systems, tools for building typed Racket languages, program verification, theorem proving, Typed Racket, Hackett, other kinds of static analysis, etc.

Web programming. Servers and services, networking, HTTP+REST, browsers, etc.

DLSs, language design, and Racket ecosystem integration

Racket macro technology. (Distinct from DSL design.)

Compilation and "Macros for X" DSLs (i.e. using Racket to compile to other existing languages but with extra features)

Industrial Racket

Games and Art

Documentation

File format reading, writing, and munging

Network protocol implementation

Machine learning and data analysis

Other:

Would you like to volunteer to lead a workshop or team?

If so, leave your email address and a short blurb about your proposed topic.

Yes

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