我如何将Google I / O 2018的兴奋带给尼日利亚沃里的115个人

Google Developer Group Warri的第一个I / O扩展事件的故事 (A tale of Google Developer Group Warri’s first I/O Extended event)

Google I/O is one of the largest developer festivals in the tech ecosystem. I am the lead organizer for the Google Developer Group in Warri. In a bid to encourage the youth of the city of Warri to embrace technology and become developers, we brought the Google I/O excitement to Warri by hosting our first I/O Extended 2018 here in early June.

Google I / O是技术生态系统中最大的开发人员盛会之一。我是Warri的Google Developer Group的主要组织者。为了鼓励沃里市的年轻人拥抱技术并成为开发人员，我们于6月初在这里举办了我们的第一个I / O Extended 2018 ，将Google I / O的激动带到了沃里。

In an earlier article, I talked about my journey and how I got 100 members to join our GDG chapter. I talked about how I went to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State.

在上一篇文章中，我谈到了自己的旅程以及如何让100名成员加入GDG章节。我谈到了我如何去达美州立大学埃弗弗伦分校的联邦石油资源大学。

What I didn’t discuss, however, was that at the same time as I was trying to get the first set of members to join the GDG in Warri, another institution, the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun, Delta State, was in the middle of first semester exams. So, naturally, I had to abandon my plans of speaking to the computer science students there so they could focus on their exams. I knew there would be another time to address them.

但是，我没有讨论的是，在我试图让第一批成员加入沃里的GDG的同时，另一家机构是位于三角洲州埃夫富隆的石油培训学院(PTI)，在第一学期的考试中。因此，自然而然地，我不得不放弃与那里的计算机科学专业学生交谈的计划，以便他们可以专注于考试。我知道还会有时间解决这些问题。

Well, that time came as we were planning for our first I/O extended 2018.

好吧，那是我们计划在2018年首次扩展I / O的时候。

但是首先，这是什么Google I / O？ (But first of all, what is this Google I/O?)

The Google I/O is Google’s annual developers festival — that brings together developers from around the world for tech talks, demos, codelabs, and major product announcements from Google. — Google IO
Google I / O是Google一年一度的开发人员节，它将来自世界各地的开发人员聚集在一起，以进行技术讲座，演示，代码实验室和Google的主要产品公告。 — Google IO

Through the developer groups, Google’s vast distributed developer communities across the world can experience the awesome moments of the main Google I/O gathering held in Mountain View, California, even if they do not attend the festival.

通过开发人员小组，即使遍布全球的分散的Google开发人员社区，即使他们没有参加音乐节，他们也可以体验在加利福尼亚山景城举行的Google I / O主要聚会的精彩时刻。

How can this be, even for someone like me who didn’t attend the I/O festival in 2018? This is where Google I/O Extended comes into the picture. The extended events bring together software developers, aspiring software developers, code-newbies, and tech enthusiasts from all over.

即使对于像我这样没有参加2018年I / O节的人来说，情况也如何？这是Google I / O Extended出现的地方。扩展的活动汇集了来自各地的软件开发人员，有抱负的软件开发人员，代码新手和技术爱好者。

Google I / O扩展了什么？ (What is Google I/O extended?)

I/O extended events help developers from the world take part in the I/O experience — Google IO Extended Website
I / O扩展事件可帮助世界各地的开发人员参与I / O体验-Google IO扩展网站

Basically, the extended events can take different forms. A GDG chapter can, for example, host a live viewing party, like the one hosted by the GDG in Lagos where the members watched the live keynotes.

基本上，扩展事件可以采用不同的形式。例如，GDG分会可以举办现场观看晚会，就像GDG在拉各斯举行的成员观看现场主旨演讲那样。

As the lead organizer for the GDG Warri, I opted to host the extended event after I/O 2018. I planned to hold it on June 2, 2018 at the PTI Conference Centre, in Effurun-Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.

作为GDG Warri的主要组织者，我选择在2018年I / O之后举办扩展活动。我计划于2018年6月2日在尼日利亚三角州埃夫富隆-沃里的PTI会议中心举行。

And to appeal to the diverse interests of our evolving developer community, I decided to make the event a multifaceted one. In the line-up we had flutter (Google’s SDk for building mobile apps for Android and iOS platforms), recorded sessions, live speaker sessions, codelabs, and a fireside chat.

为了吸引我们不断发展的开发人员社区的不同利益，我决定将这次活动变成一个多方面的活动。在阵容，我们有扑 (谷歌的SDK构建Android和iOS平台上的移动应用程序)，记录会话，现场喇叭会议，codelabs和炉边谈话。

参加者宣传：针对100名参加者 (Publicity for the participants: aiming for 100 attendees)

With the success of our first meetup (which you can read about here), I decided to take it one step further: having 100 people attend the I/O extended 2018 Warri events.

随着我们第一次见面会的成功(您可以在此处了解到)，我决定更进一步：让100人参加I / O扩展的2018 Warri活动。

Now that the Petroleum Training Institute was done with their exams, and had resumed for a new semester, it was easy to get an appointment to introduce the GDG Warri to the students and invite them to join us at I/O extended.

如今，石油培训学院已经完成了他们的考试，并且已经恢复了新学期，现在可以很容易地任命将GDG Warri介绍给学生，并邀请他们加入我们的I / O扩展课程。

I also went to the CCT Warri study centre (a computer training institute) and visited the facility we had used for our first meetup. They also gave me an opportunity to address and invite their students to the event. For this I am grateful to the management of the institution.

我还去了CCT Warri学习中心(一家计算机培训机构)，并参观了我们用于第一次聚会的设施。他们还给了我一个机会致辞并邀请他们的学生参加活动。为此，我感谢机构的管理。

Well, in the end, my campaign efforts paid off: I had 115 people turn up at I/O extended 2018 Warri. And it was our first I/O event as a GDG chapter! We even capped the event meetup RSVP page at 100.

好吧，最后，我的竞选工作得到了回报：在2018年Warri的I / O大会上，我有115人参加了会议。作为GDG的章节，这是我们的第一个I / O活动！我们甚至将活动见面会RSVP页面的上限设置为100。

I / O与GDG Warri开发人员社区的相关性 (Relevance of I/O to the GDG Warri developer community)

I didn’t just want to host an event without having a major an impact on the attendees. I made the basic assumption that not everyone who attended would want to be a web developer. So I had to line up an agenda that would suit the needs of the greatest number of attendees and budding developers.

我不仅想举办一场活动，而且不会对与会者产生重大影响。我做出的基本假设是，并非所有参加会议的人都希望成为Web开发人员。因此，我必须制定一个议程，以适应最大数量的参与者和新兴的开发人员的需求。

To cater to the needs of those who might want to get into mobile app development, introducing them to Flutter seemed the natural option to get them started on that path.

为了满足那些可能想要进入移动应用程序开发的人们的需求，将它们引入Flutter似乎是让他们开始走这条路的自然选择。

To encourage the participation of women in technology, I reached out to Perrie Fidelis, who is a UI/UX designer. Perrie gave a talk on the importance of good design. Well, Perrie enters the record books as the GDG Warri’s first female speaker!

为了鼓励女性参与技术开发，我联系了UI / UX设计师Perrie Fidelis 。 Perrie谈到了良好设计的重要性。好吧，Perrie作为GDG Warri的第一位女发言人进入了唱片行！

We got started with Flutter, and I handled the live speaker session. My session was meant to help developers lay the foundation to build apps using Flutter while leveraging on the codelabs.

我们从Flutter开始，我负责现场演讲。我的会议旨在帮助开发人员在利用代码实验室的同时，为使用Flutter构建应用程序奠定基础。

But we faced a challenge with the internet service provider, and didn’t have the opportunity to proceed with the codelabs. And for that I am truly sorry. We will host a meetup for Flutter as a make-up for the challenge.

但是我们面临着互联网服务提供商的挑战，并且没有机会继续进行代码实验室。为此，我真的很抱歉。我们将为Flutter举办聚会，以弥补挑战。

前方的路 (The road ahead)

These are exciting times for Warri and Delta State. Sometimes, you don’t realize how much of an impact you’ve made in the lives of people until you get to see the smiles on their faces when they greet you.

对于沃里和三角洲州来说，这是激动人心的时刻。有时，您直到人们看到他们向您打招呼时脸上的笑容，才意识到自己对人们生活的影响有多大。

Going forward, we will do more for the evolving developer community in Warri and see where this takes us .

展望未来，我们将为Warri不断发展的开发人员社区做更多工作，并了解这将带给我们什么。

Thanks for reading. And if you find this article worth reading, then give it some claps and share it so others can see it.

谢谢阅读。 如果您觉得这篇文章值得一读，请给它一些鼓掌并分享，以便其他人可以看到。