[nylug-talk] Damian Conway Public Class: Perl Advanced Module Development Techniques: Sat July 8 NYC

[James Keenan]

Leading Perl author and teacher Damian Conway will be teaching a full- 
day public class in New York City on Saturday, July 8.  This is a  
unique opportunity for professional instruction in advanced Perl, and  
I am urging readers of this list to consider signing up for it.

Course:  Advanced Module Development/Implementation Techniques  
(http://damian.conway.org/Courses/AdvancedModules.html) This course  
presents advanced techniques for rapidly developing highly  
maintainable Perl modules. ... Topics covered include:
* How Perl's attribute mechanism works and how a module can make it  
useable (Attribute::Handler, Attribute::Types).
* How to reconfigure Perl's method dispatch mechanism in two  
different ways (NEXT, Class::Delegation).
* How to write modules based on source code filters (Filter::Simple,  
Switch, Perl6::Variables).
* How a single hash can be the entire, lazily evaluated interface to  
a module (Regexp::Common).
* How to replace built-in functions and syntax (Inline::Files).
* How to extend Perl's subroutine call mechanism using lexical  
subroutine destructors (Hook::LexWrap).

Costs:  A special one-day rate of $200 has been arranged.  Compare  
this to Damian's regular prices:  http://damian.conway.org/About_us/ 
TrainingCost.html.

Payment:  Payment via plastic using PayPal to accept the payment is  
the preferred method of payment. For instructions please email Damian  
Conway (damian at conway.org) with a subject of "NY Class Payment" and  
he will reply with a "pay here" link.

For those who prefer checks, please make them out to "Thoughtstream".

Whether paying by credit card or check, the payments are for US  
$200.00 and MUST be verified prior to the class.

Also:  If you are paying by check at the door PLEASE RSVP to Steve  
Lembark off-list at (lembark [at] wrkhors [dot] com) so that we have  
enough chairs set up and show up by 0830 so that we can be sure of  
getting all the checks handled before the class is scheduled to begin.

Date/Time:
Saturday, July 8, 2006, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
(Doors open at 8:00 am for caffeine injection, etc.)

Location: 29 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, New York.
This is the address of Cheetahmail (http://www.cheetahmail.com/ 
corp/), which is sponsoring the room rental for Damian's talk.   
However, the class will actually be held in the training facility of  
Greico Financial Training, whose entrance is on the ground level at  
the rear of 29 Broadway.  So the entrance for the class is closest to  
the intersection of Greenwich and Morris Sts (http://tinyurl.com/ 
z4e67) -- though if you enter on the Broadway side of 29 Broadway the  
security guards will point you in the right direction.

Subway:  Closest stops are the Rector St stop on the "R" train and  
the Rector St stop on the "#1" train.  Note that due to  
reconstruction, the Lexington IRT #4 and 5 are not running on  
weekends during the summer between Brooklyn Bridge and Atlantic  
Avenue.  However, there is a special shuttle train operating parallel  
to that route on the BMT Nassau Loop Line.  Coming from upper  
Manhattan, Bronx or Queens:  transfer from the 4 or the 6 at Brooklyn  
Bridge for the downtown J-shuttle (destination either Prospect Park  
or 9th Ave) in the Chambers St part of the station.  Coming from  
Brooklyn:  transfer to the J-shuttle at Atlantic Ave/Pacific St.  In  
either case, take the J-shuttle to Broad St, which runs 1 block east  
of Broadway.

All details subject to change.  Damian Conway's summer tour in North  
America is sponsored by ValueClick.

Thank you very much.

Jim Keenan