Rails Girls Rails Girls workshop workshop Sebastian Witowski 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

I went to a I went to a Rails Girls Rails Girls workshop workshop Sebastian Witowski 1

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http://railsgirls.com/geneva 3

“Our aim is to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their ideas. We do this by providing a great experience on building things and by making technology more approachable.” railsgirls.com motto 4

4 But why did I go there? But why did I go there? 5

And I was And I was excited excited scared scared 6 7 8

I suck at explaining things I suck at explaining things 9

... and people get o�ended ... and people get o�ended

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And when the even came... And when the even came... ...it wasn't so bad! ...it wasn't so bad! 11

11 “Ohh, you're a programmer...” “Ohh, you're a programmer...” “Wow, you're a programmer!” “Wow, you're a programmer!” “I also want to learn programming, because...” “I also want to learn programming, because...” 12

How much you can do in 2 days? How much you can do in 2 days? With Ruby on Rails? A lot! Website with few subpages (static and dynamic) Styling with Bootstrap Authentication (signup and login) Comments File uploads and previewers Admin panel, tests, Gravatar and more 13

None of my fears were true None of my fears were true The atmosphere was friendly Most questions were just bug hunting It makes you better at explaining 14

It was a great, new experience It was a great, new experience For both participants and mentors! For both participants and mentors! 15