whatson

what's on now command line tool (using the event.db machinery)

Command Line Tools - rubyconf, pycon, kickoff, beerfest

The whatson package includes command line tools to list upcoming events (ruby conferences, python conferences, football tournaments, beer festivals. etc.).

Upcoming Ruby Conferences

Use

$ rubyconf

to list upcoming Ruby (un)conferences from around the world. Will print in 2020:

Upcoming Ruby Conferences:

  in 62d   Rubyfuza, Thu-Sat Feb/6-8 (3d) @ Cape Town, South Africa
  in 74d   ParisRB Conf, Tue+Wed Feb/18+19 (2d) @ Paris, France
  in 76d   RubyConf Australia, Thu+Fri Feb/20+21 (2d) @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  in 105d  Wroc

and back in 2015

Upcoming Ruby Conferences:

  NOW ON 2d   RubyMotion Conference - #inspect, Wed+Thu Jul/1+2 (2d) @ Paris, France

  in 18d   Brighton Ruby Conference, Mon Jul/20 (1d) @ Brighton, East Sussex, England
  in 27d   European Ruby Camp - eurucamp, Fri-Sun Jul/31-Aug/2 (3d) @ Berlin (Potsdam), Germany
  in 27d   JRuby Conference Europe - JRubyConf EU, Fri Jul/31 (1d) @ Berlin (Potsdam), Germany
  in 28d   Burlington Ruby Conference, Sat+Sun Aug/1+2 (2d) @ Burlington, Vermont, New England, United States
  in 50d   Madison+ Ruby, Fri+Sat Aug/21+22 (2d) @ Madison, Wisconsin, Great Lakes,  United States
  in 71d   RubyConf Taiwan, Fri+Sat Sep/11+12 (2d) @ Taipei, Taiwan
  in 72d   RubyConf Portugal, Mon+Tue Sep/14+15 (2d) @ Braga, Portugal
  in 78d   RubyConf Brasil, Fri+Sat Sep/18+19 (2d) @ S

Upcoming Python Conferences

Use

$ pycon

to list upcoming Python (un)conferences from around the world. Will print in 2020:

Upcoming Python Conferences:

  in 62d  PyCascades, Sat+Sun Feb/8+9 (2d) @ Portland, Oregon, United States of America
  in 72d  PyCon Namibia, Tue-Thu Feb/18-20 (3d) @ Windhoek, Namibia
  in 90d  PyTennessee, Sat+Sun Mar/7+8 (2d) @ Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
  in 110d  Moscow Python Conf ++ 2020, Fri Mar/27 (1d) @ Moscow, Russia
  in 116d  PyCon Italy, Thu-Sun Apr/2-5 (4d) @ Florence, Italy
  in 129d  PyCon US, Wed-Thu Apr/15-23 (9d) @ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  in 160d  PyTexas, Sat+Sun May/16+17 (2d) @ Austin, Texas, United States of America
  in 225d  EuroPython, Mon-Sun Jul/20-26 (7d) @ Dublin, Ireland
  in 230d  PyOhio, Sat+Sun Jul/25+26 (2d) @ Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
  in 232d  EuroSciPy, Mon-Fri Jul/27-31 (5d) @ Bilbao, Spain
  in 232d  GeoPython, Mon-Fri Jul/27-31 (5d) @ Bilbao, Spain
  in 311d  PyConDE & PyData Berlin 2020, Wed-Fri Oct/14-16 (3d) @ Berlin, Germany

Upcoming Football Tournaments

Use

$ kickoff

to list upcoming football tournaments from around the world. Will print:

Upcoming Football Tournaments:

  NOW ON 18d    Women's World Cup 2015, Sat-Sun Jun/6-Jul/5 (30d) @ Canada › World (FIFA)
  NOW ON 13d    Copa América 2015, Thu-Sat Jun/11-Jul/4 (24d) @ Chile › South America (CONMEBOL)

  in 14d    Gold Cup / Copa de Oro 2015, Tue-Sun Jul/7-26 (20d) @ United States+Canada › North America (CONCACAF)
  in 346d   Copa América 2016, Fri-Sun Jun/3-26 (24d) @ United States › South America (CONMEBOL)
  in 353d   European Championship (Euro) 2016, Fri-Sun Jun/10-Jul/10 (31d) @ France › Europe (UEFA)
  in 1087d  World Cup 2018, Thu-Sun Jun/14-Jul/15 (32d) @ Russia › World (FIFA)
  ...

Upcoming Beerfests

Use

$ beerfest

to list upcoming beer festivals from around the world. Will print:

Upcoming Beerfests:

  in 9d    Ottakringer Braukultur Wochen (9 Brauereien in 9 Wochen), Thu-Wed Jul/2-Sep/2 (63d) @ 16., Ottakring

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) - Use Your Own Datasets

Note: You can pass in local or remote datafiles in the markdown, yaml or csv formats instead of using the built-in / pre-configured datafiles. Example:

$ rubyconf https://github.com/planetruby/calendar/raw/master/_data/conferences2020.yml
# - or -
$ rubyconf conferences2020.yml  # note: assumes a saved (local) copy in the working dir (./)

$ pycon https://github.com/python-organizers/conferences/raw/master/2020.csv
# - or
$ pycon 2020.csv                # note: assumes a saved (local) copy in the working dir (./)

$ kickoff https://github.com/footballbook/calendar/raw/master/README.md
# - or -
$ kickoff README.md             # note: assumes a saved (local) copy in the working dir (./)

whatson Command Line Tool

Use the whatson command line tool as a "generic catch-all" to print any type of event. Example:

$ whatson https://github.com/planetruby/calendar/raw/master/_data/conferences2020.yml \
          https://github.com/python-organizers/conferences/raw/master/2020.csv

Note: whatson is pre-configured (that is, if you do not pass along any datafiles) to print ongoing and upcoming ruby and python conferences.

Public Event Datasets

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install whatson

License

The whatson scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

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