The APL community and various user groups offer plenty of scheduled events and activities for both hobbyists and professionals, besides for continuously active chat rooms and forums.
Regular conferences and events
| Name |
Description
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| Dyalog user meeting |
Week-long annual conference by Dyalog Ltd for users of Dyalog APL and other array programmers
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| GSE/APL-Germany conference |
Semi-annual general meetings
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| APL Implementer's Workshop |
By-invitation-only event for APL implementers to share information and discuss language design, usually at Syracuse University in Minnowbrook on odd-numbered years
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| FinnAPL Forest Seminar |
Mini-conference arranged twice a year by FinnAPL
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| SwedAPL Meeting |
Mini-conference arranged irregularly by SwedAPL
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| APL Seeds |
Online annual one-day conference held by Dyalog Ltd, aimed at new and prospective users of APL
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| APL Problem Solving Competition |
Yearly contest hosted by Dyalog Ltd
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| APL Quest |
Series of short live chat sessions held by Adám Brudzewsky, focusing on one problem from Phase 1 of a past APL Problem Solving Competition
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| Array Cast |
Podcast about array programming languages
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| BAA sessions |
Webcast held by BAA every other week, usually in the form of an open session, but sometimes with a presentation
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| Dyalog webinars |
Webcast held by Dyalog Ltd with moderated live chat, focusing on upcoming or new features to tutorials on various technical subjects
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| Tokyo APL/J/K Meetup |
Irregular meetings of APL, J and K developers located in and around Tokyo
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| [fast.ai APL study group] |
Informal study sessions, initially focussing on APL and array programming, three days a week
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Historical conferences and events
| Name |
Description
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| APL conference |
Held in various international locations, once per year, with some lapses, 1969–2010
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| Colloque APL |
Held in Paris on September 9th and 10th, 1971
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| APL Congress 73 |
Special event held in Copenhagen on August 22–24, 1973
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| IPSA conferences |
Held in Toronto by I.P. Sharp Associates, every other year, 1978–1984
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| STSC conferences |
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| Jsoftware conferences |
Held, mostly in Toronto, by Jsoftware for the J community as well as APL and K programmers
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| APL2000 user conferences |
Held, mostly in Florida, by APL2000 for users of their APL+Win and others interested in APL
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| Rencontres Dyalog APL |
Held by Dyalog Ltd and Quantys, with content in French and English, in 2002, 2006, and 2016
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| APL Cultivation |
Series of 90-minute live chat lessons, every or every two-three weeks, 18 October 2017–16 May 2018, covering most aspects of basic APL programming
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| APL Meetup |
10 informal weekly meetups led Rodrigo Girão Serrão, focusing on applying APL to solve practical problems
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| Iverson Award |
SIGAPL's prize for significant contributions to the APL programming language or to the APL community
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| Functional Geekery |
This podcast on functional programming ran a series of 3 episodes on APL and related subjects: Alex Weiner, Morten Kromberg, Anthony Cipriano
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| APL Campfire |
Recurring meeting hosted by Adám Brudzewsky every fourth Sunday, focusing on the history of APL programming
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Recreational activities
| Name |
Description
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| Advent of Code |
Advent calendar of small programming puzzles, popular with APL programmers
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| Code golf |
Competition in which participants strive to achieve the shortest possible source code
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