Every week, we dig through our events calendar and hand-select five events worth checking out. We’re particularly looking forward to the events listed below.
Introduction to JavaScript (4-Class Series), Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Girl Develop It Boston is hosting a class on all things JavaScript. For the unfamiliar, JavaScript is one of the world's most popular programming languages because it's the primary way to build interaction on the web. Basically, it's the logical step after learning HTML/CSS. In this course, beginners will learn how to program with JavaScript, covering basic development concepts, as well as web animation and how to write your own JavaScript functions. Dive in and start coding.
deeplearn.js, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m.
Boston Machine Learning is hosting a presentation about deeplearn.js, Google's new open-source javascript machine learning library. The talk will cover everything from the systems that give users GPU acceleration in the browser to education applications and more. Key speakers will be Daniel Smilkov and Nikhil Thorat, software engineers at Google Brain, who are working on building tools to make interpreting and visualizing deep learning models easier. Food and drink will be provided.
Built In Boston's Top Companies Hiring, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m.
Built In Boston invites you to come celebrate Boston's booming tech ecosystem and some of the top local tech companies that are putting Boston on the map. Swing by and get to know more about some of the city's fastest-growing startups, meet their teams and possibly find your next job opportunity.
Elasticsearch Boston Meetup at ezCater, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.
Jeff Dwyer, a software engineer at ezCater is diving into Elastic Search to share with listeners how the company solved their caterer search problem using the tool. He will cover what makes their geo search interesting (as well as challenging), and will explain why the startup ended up moving metadata search to ElasticSearch after trying a few different methods. This talk will cover practices and techniques taken from various projects using Elasticsearch to index data from multiple enterprise systems and surface it for a large population of users.
January Meetup: Boston Ruby Women, Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Get involved with the Boston Ruby community. At this informal event, take part in open discussions about work, technology, projects you're working on, job opportunities and much, much more. This friendly group of women is geared toward fostering meaningful connections and growing interest in Ruby. Food and drinks will be provided.
