DevDays

DevDays is Swecha's premier peer-to-peer technical mentorship program. We gather engineering students, active open-source contributors, and industry mentors under one roof to build systems, explore frameworks, and bridge the digital divide through public-interest technology.

22+ Completed Editions
40+ Hands-on Sessions
35+ Tech Mentors
1,000+ Developers Trained
DevDays - 1 Backend

API - First Approach to build Apps with strapi CMS

Learn the principles of API-first development and headless CMS architectures, leveraging Strapi to build highly decoupled, performant, and scalable applications.

Jan 7, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 1 Backend

Developing Re-usable Django apps

Deep dive into Django best practices, code modularization, packaging, and structure to create robust, plug-and-play reusable web applications.

Jan 7, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 1 Frontend

Level-up your Frontend Development with ASTRO.BUILD

Master Astro's island architecture to ship zero client-side JavaScript by default, achieving unmatched web performance and modern developer experience.

Jan 7, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 1 Systems & Linux

Upgrading from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10

A comprehensive migration walkthrough for systems administrators and Drupal developers upgrading core databases, security layers, and modules from Drupal 9 to 10.

Jan 7, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 2 Frontend

Demystifying JavaScript Bundlers

Understand what happens under the hood when building Javascript applications. A deep comparison of Webpack, Rollup, Vite, and ESBuild.

Jan 28, 2023
Fission Labs
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DevDays - 2 Frontend

Intro to NativeScript

Build truly native mobile apps for iOS and Android using JavaScript/TypeScript skills without learning native platforms.

Jan 28, 2023
Fission Labs
Mentors:
DevDays - 3 Cloud / DevOps

Automate Workflows using n8n

Harness open-source workflow automation with n8n. Connect APIs, databases, and message queues visually with self-hosted node servers.

Feb 11, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 3 Backend

Build Native Addons with Node - API

Unlock C/C++ speed in Node.js applications by writing high-performance native addons using the Node-API (N-API) standard.

Feb 11, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 4 Backend

Backend as a Service - AppWrite

Accelerate your application development workflow with Appwrite, a secure self-hosted Backend-as-a-Service featuring Auth, Databases, Storage, and Functions.

Feb 25, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 5 AI / ML

ChatGPT and Startups

Explore the commercial possibilities of large language models, prompt engineering patterns, and the integration of GPT models into startup products.

Mar 3, 2023
Ozonetel Co.
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DevDays - 6 Systems & Linux

Intro to Rust Tooling and Ecosystem

Dive into Rust's system safety guarantees, package management with Cargo, compiler warnings, test runners, and build optimizations.

Mar 11, 2023
Ozonetel Co.
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DevDays - 6 Systems & Linux

Understanding Types using Set theory

Demystify type systems, compiler design, and static validation by viewing data types through the lens of mathematical set theory.

Mar 11, 2023
Ozonetel Co.
Mentors:
DevDays - 7 Frontend

Why SVELTE is next big thing in Web Development

Learn how Svelte shifts work from the browser to build-time, compiling components to highly optimized, tiny vanilla JavaScript code with no Virtual DOM overhead.

Mar 18, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 8 Frontend

Future of REACT

Unpack the latest features in React, including React Server Components (RSC), hydration enhancements, streaming SSR, and architectural changes.

Mar 25, 2023
Honc Office
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DevDays - 8 Frontend

Solid.JS and Signals

Explore the fine-grained reactivity model of Solid.js using Signals, and understand why direct DOM updates outperform Virtual DOM reconciliation.

Mar 25, 2023
Honc Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 8 Frontend

Runtime Validation with TypeScript

Bridge the gap between compile-time types and runtime data validation using libraries like Zod, ensuring type safety in network requests and user inputs.

Mar 25, 2023
Honc Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 9 Frontend

Building a robust data layer with REACT query

Simplify application state by offloading network state to React Query (TanStack Query), handling caching, synchronization, mutations, and pagination seamlessly.

Apr 15, 2023
JNTUH Tech
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DevDays - 10 Systems & Linux

Debian GNU/Linux Packaging Workshop

Hands-on guide to compiling source code, defining dependency manifests, and building standard Debian packages (.deb) for distributions like Ubuntu and Swecha OS.

Jun 10, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 10 Frontend

Digital Arts Workshop

Explore creative coding, vector graphic design, image manipulation tools, and layouts utilizing FOSS software to create premium, eye-catching visual assets.

Jun 10, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 10 Frontend

Getting started with VUE.JS

Learn the basics of Vue.js, single-file components, the Composition API, reactive state management, and building interactive, clean user interfaces.

Jun 10, 2023
Keka Technologies
Mentors:
DevDays - 11 Backend

Building Portable and reliable microservices with DAPR

Simplify microservices architecture using the Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) to handle state management, pub-sub messaging, and service-to-service invocation.

Jun 11, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 11 Cloud / DevOps

Observability : Now, Next, Later

A comprehensive discussion on distributed systems monitoring, structured logs, OpenTelemetry traces, metrics collection, and predicting outages.

Jun 11, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 11 Cloud / DevOps

Reducing alert fatigue for Prometheus alerts on Kubernetes

Design intelligent alerting systems inside Kubernetes. Learn how to silence noise, group related notifications, and write actionable alerts with Prometheus and Alertmanager.

Jun 11, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 12 Frontend

Android Development Workshop

Introduction to modern Android application design, using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose to build fluid layouts, fetch remote APIs, and manage state.

Jul 1, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors: ,
DevDays - 13 AI / ML

Building Next-Gen Application with LLMs

Leverage models like Llama and Mistral locally or via cloud APIs. Learn to build agentic workflows, function calling pipelines, and custom prompt structures.

Jul 8, 2023
Tech Mahindra
Mentors:
DevDays - 13 AI / ML

Machine Learning on Web in 2023 and Future

Bring AI algorithms directly to the browser. Explore TensorFlow.js, web-based classification models, client-side computer vision, and privacy-first local processing.

Jul 8, 2023
Tech Mahindra
Mentors:
DevDays - 14 AI / ML

Exploring Data Science

Master data cleaning, exploratory data analysis (EDA), visualization using Pandas, NumPy, and Seaborn, and learn training principles for supervised models.

Jul 16, 2023
PurpleTalk Inc.
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DevDays - 15 Cloud / DevOps

Multi-track: Cloud Computing

A cloud track detailing design patterns on AWS and Azure, containerized workloads under ECS/EKS, auto-scaling, and infrastructure safety.

Jul 29, 2023
IIIT-Hyderabad
Mentors: ,
DevDays - 15 Frontend

Multitrack : Modern Web Track

A deep look into next-generation frameworks (Next.js, Remix), bundlers, micro-frontends, edge caching, and server-side state optimization.

Jul 29, 2023
IIIT-Hyderabad
Mentors: ,
DevDays - 15 Systems & Linux

Rust Language

Introduction to Rust's memory management system without a garbage collector. Deep dive into ownership, borrowing rules, and lifetimes.

Jul 29, 2023
IIIT-Hyderabad
Mentors:
DevDays - 15 Backend

Go Language

A hands-on Go workshop explaining fast concurrency patterns with Goroutines and channels, strict typing, interfaces, and backend router layouts.

Jul 29, 2023
IIIT-Hyderabad
Mentors: ,
DevDays - 16 AI / ML

The Power of Effective Prompt Engineering

Optimize AI model behavior. Learn Few-Shot Prompting, Chain of Thought (CoT), ReAct framing, and programmatic structures for reliable LLM outputs.

Aug 26, 2023
Zapcom Solutions
Mentors:
DevDays - 16 AI / ML

Future of GenAI

Explore custom model fine-tuning, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) structures, vector databases, and scalable deployment pipelines for generative AI.

Aug 26, 2023
Zapcom Solutions
Mentors:
DevDays - 17 Frontend

UI Design for Software Development

A visual-focused seminar detailing interface hierarchy, grid layout rules, typographic choices, colors, and building design systems developers enjoy.

Sep 2, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 18 AI / ML

I&ML for Developer Productivity: Using LLMs for Software Development

Integrate LLM code generation, context-aware autocompletes, agentic code analysis tools, and automated unit testing into your local development workflows.

Sep 16, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 19 Backend

Go Language Mini-BootCamp / Introduction to Go Language

Introductory bootcamp to Go syntax, concurrency loops, interfaces, maps, slices, standard library servers, and building basic API endpoints.

Sep 23, 2023
EPAM India Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 19 Backend

Go Language Mini-BootCamp / Developing Microservices

Architect robust services in Go. Implement request routing, database connection pools, middleware authorization, structured logging, and unit tests.

Sep 23, 2023
EPAM India Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 20 AI / ML

The Power of Small Language Models (SLMs) | AI, ML

Examine the benefits of small language models (under 10B parameters) like Phi-3 and Gemma. Learn how offline, local model hosting provides low-latency, private AI execution.

Nov 4, 2023
Swecha Office
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DevDays - 21 Frontend

Javascript Hyderabad November 2023

A deep dive into advanced JavaScript concepts, including closures, prototypical inheritance, the event loop, web workers, and modern language features.

Nov 25, 2023
Swecha Office
Mentors:
DevDays - 22 AI / ML

Multi - Track DevDay — Cloud Computing | AI, ML | Go Language

A collaborative multi-track event where developers learn about scalable cloud hosting structures, local model training, and concurrent systems in Go.

Dec 2, 2023
Service Now
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