Boston just had their first DroidCon, and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to participate. Droidcon Boston is an Android conference that brought in Android developers from all over the world. Not only was the conference great in and of itself, it was also my first experience being a conference speaker. I can tell you they did a wonderful job welcoming me into the community. I immediately felt like I was among friends.

Stickers, hoodies & a lovely note! I feel like a princess!!! Thanks @asfalcone & @giorgionatili for this amazing @droidconbos! #DroidconBos pic.twitter.com/zixssqKddm

— Eliza Camber (@ElizaCamber) April 10, 2017

Aside from the community, there was so much to learn! From just the keynotes alone, the trip out was worth it. Annyce Davis shared so many tools we can use to become better developers, and Chiu-Ki Chan encouraged us to share our knowledge to become Android experts.

Starting strong at #droidconbos with @brwngrldev "If you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar..." pic.twitter.com/G2wtAmcumA

— Victoria Gonda (@TTGonda) April 10, 2017

I’m also excited to bring back all the debugging tips from Sam Edwards, and share Garima Jain’s magical explaination of reactive programming. Be sure to check out the videos of all the talks!

Just imaging shouting EXPECTO-SUBSCRIBEON at #droidconbos thanks to @ragdroid 's awesome Harry Potter RX talk

— Philip Corriveau (@philcorriveau6) April 11, 2017

I found this conference to be the perfect place to debut my talk, Kotlin: Uncovered. In it, I give an introduction to the Kotlin programming language, uncovering the truth about what it’s doing by decompiling the bytecode into Java. I’m thankful for the great staff that helped keep my nerves at ease before going on stage. I also feel I had the perfect audience. The size was great for my first time up there, and they were really responsive, asking some great questions afterwards.

@TTGonda gets a big laugh about the difference between a terse language and one that is delightfully concise (#kotlin) at #DroidConBos pic.twitter.com/2wEI6dLIMp

— 5280 Mark (@5280mark) April 10, 2017

I’m glad they’re already starting plans for Droidcon Boston 2018, and I hope to see you all there!