christabella / conference-scheduling

Program that schedules a list of talks within certain constraints.

conference-scheduling

Program that schedules a list of talks within certain constraints.

Usage

python conference.py conferenceinput.txt

Input

Writing Fast Tests Against Enterprise Rails 60min
Overdoing it in Python 45min
Lua for the Masses 30min
Ruby Errors from Mismatched Gem Versions 45min
Common Ruby Errors 45min
Rails for Python Developers lightning
Communicating Over Distance 60min
Accounting-Driven Development 45min
Woah 30min
Sit Down and Write 30min
Pair Programming vs Noise 45min
Rails Magic 60min
Ruby on Rails: Why We Should Move On 60min
Clojure Ate Scala (on my project) 45min
Programming in the Boondocks of Seattle 30min
Ruby vs. Clojure for Back-End Development 30min
Ruby on Rails Legacy App Maintenance 60min
A World Without HackerNews 30min
User Interface CSS in Rails Apps 30min
Gamification at Pfeffermind 30min

Output

Track 1:

09:00AM Writing Fast Tests Against Enterprise Rails 60min

10:00AM Communicating Over Distance 60min

11:00AM Rails Magic 60min

12:00PM Lunch

01:00PM Ruby on Rails: Why We Should Move On 60min

02:00PM Common Ruby Errors 45min

02:45PM Accounting-Driven Development 45min

03:30PM Pair Programming vs Noise 45min

04:15PM Clojure Ate Scala (on my project) 45min

05:00PM Networking Event

Track 2:

09:00AM Ruby on Rails Legacy App Maintenance 60min

10:00AM Overdoing it in Python 45min

10:45AM Ruby Errors from Mismatched Gem Versions 45min

11:30AM Lua for the Masses 30min

12:00PM Lunch

01:00PM Woah 30min

01:30PM Sit Down and Write 30min

02:00PM Programming in the Boondocks of Seattle 30min

02:30PM Ruby vs. Clojure for Back-End Development 30min

03:00PM A World Without HackerNews 30min

03:30PM User Interface CSS in Rails Apps 30min

04:00PM Gamification at Pfeffermind 30min

04:30PM Rails for Python Developers lightning

04:35PM Networking Event

Constraints

• Conference can have multiple tracks, each with a morning and afternoon session
• Morning sessions are from 9:00-12:00 (Lunch)
• Afternoon sessions are from 13:00-Networking; Networking can be anytime from 16:00 - 17:00.
• Lightning talks are 5 minutes long.
• There are no gaps between talks. (However, if necessary, there are breaks in between the end of a session and the start of either Lunch or Networking.)