Rails Outreach for Women Workshop

Installfest + Workshop

Fri 2/4/2011
Start time: 4:30 pm PST
End time: 4:30 pm PST

Friday, February 4th, 6:30-9pm (REQUIRED): software install fest
Saturday February 5th: 9:30am-4pm: workshop

5pm: after-party for volunteers & attendees, location TBA


This workshop is intended to reach out to women who are new to Ruby and Rails. Men are welcome to come; please find the woman/mature-female in your life who wants to learn Ruby and Rails and who will register then bring you as a guest. When registering guys you will be asked who you are coming as a guest of please be sure to fill out this question.


The workshop is FREE of charge!


We are looking for additional volunteers, both folks who know Ruby on Rails to TA and people who are willing to help with logistics. Please sign up here: http://www.meetup.com...


Hashrocket is located at 661 W. Lake Street Chicago IL 60661


In this workshop, we'll take you through building a complete web application using Ruby on Rails. By the end of the workshop, you'll have an application on the internet that connects to a database and reads and writes information.


We'll meet up Install Fest day to install all of the software you need, and then spend workshop day learning and writing code. Be sure to attend the installfest especially if you are on Windows, because Rails 3 can be a bit tricky on Windows.


Total programming novices, system administrators, developers in other languages, and folks who attended our previous workshops are all welcome. We'll have different classes separated by experience level. Each participant needs to bring his or her own computer.


When you RSVP you'll be asked a few question about your operating system, level and type of programming experience, and whether you will be bringing any children. We will plan for a playgroup on site if you're bringing a child.


Snacks will be provided Friday evening and lunch will be provided on Saturday.
If you have questions or ideas for us, the best way to get in touch is to send a message to the organizers.

Organized By:

18 volunteers!

24 students!