Tech Events in Bergen

You’ve written your code and pushed it to the repository — great work! But how does it actually make its way to the live server? And how can we make that process faster, safer, and more reliable?

In this workshop, we’ll walk through how to automate the journey from code commit to deployment. We’ll cover the fundamentals of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD), explore how automated testing and quality checks fit in, and discuss best practices for building confidence in every release.

This is a beginner-friendly, hands-on session designed to make deployment less mysterious and more manageable. Whether you’re new to automation or just want to refine your workflow, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how to deliver code efficiently — and with fewer manual steps.

Prerequisites

• A basic understanding of application development
• Some experience using git and GitHub

Preparation

• Bring a working laptop and a charger
• Install Google Chrome and Visual Studio Code

The workshop will be held at Thormøhlens Gate 55, pizza will be served at 17:00 in the common area. We will order food with the attendance list in mind, so we highly appreciate if you RVSP, so that we can order the order the correct amount of food :-)

Join us November 12th at Solea to embark on our quest to make the coolest, zaniest multiplayer retro tool… of all time. 🤯🤩🫣

This November, we’re getting together to build shared, silly experiences: collaborative mini-games, hidden Easter eggs, festive surprises, and whatever else we come up with together.

Wait, what is this even about…?!

Frontiers Bergen has a tradition of organizing an annual Julebord in December where we enjoy ✨ fancy party food ✨ and reflect on the past year together with a retrospective. To our great disappointment, the retro tool we’ve used for the past two years debounces emoji reactions. Participants could hammer the buttons with their enthusiasm, but only a few emojis would count. We felt cheated. So some of us did the only reasonable thing… and built our own, better app. Because every button smash deserves to count. ❤️😆💩👍 (Escaping PowerPoint before it could claim the rest of our souls was a welcome bonus.)

We’re now adding the needed app functionality for the retrospective. You’re welcome to help with those core features too, but we can finish the essentials outside the workshop.

So what’s happening at the November meetup?

This evening is about experimenting, learning from each other, and making things that make us laugh. Bring an idea, find someone to build with, and have fun! You can choose if you want to use AI coding tools or not. 😊

The app is built with raw html, css, Javascript, Go, templ and Datastar. Gerhard will kick things off with a demo and a walkthrough of the codebase before we pair up or work in small groups.

Whether you’re an experienced developer or still finding your feet, you’re welcome! Contribute code, help with the interface, test things out, or join someone else’s idea. You don’t need to know the codebase beforehand. 🧘‍♀️

And as usual, there will be food, drink and merriment! 🍻

Korleis kan vi bruke KI på ein god og gjennomtenkt måte i utviklarkvardagen? Denne kvelden utforskar vi moglegheitene, utfordringane og erfaringane som følgjer med den nye teknologien.
Programmet kjem – ta med nysgjerrigheit, spørsmål og gjerne eigne erfaringar.

We meet at Zrch office, Kanalveien 60.

There will be pizza at 17:00.
We start with presentations around 17:30-17:45

Talks:
Paul will give a presentation about
FFI 101: Getting Rust and C++ to Talk
Ever wondered how Rust can call code written in C or C++, or the other way around? This talk is a gentle introduction to FFI (Foreign Function Interface): what it is, why it exists, and how it works at a basic level with a little demo. We'll also look at the global landscape of Rust/C++ interop using different approaches.

Then, Michael will talk about
Async Rust: An introduction based on embassy
Async Rust has a reputation for being hard to learn. In this talk, we look at how it actually works, with some comparisons to JavaScript along the way. Our main example is embassy, a crate that lets you write high-level async code that runs on a microcontroller. If that sounds like a contradiction, this talk explains why it isn't.

Please ping me if you want to give a talk, I would prefer to have a something about a hobby project
You can present in either English or Norwegian.

We wrap up between 19:00 and 20:00, depending on questions and pizza.