Groningen July 21&22 2017

You learn to build your very own web application and doing so, you'll also learn the basics of rails and coding with the help from our coaches.

You need your own laptop, curiosity and a sprinkle of imagination!

Want to help? We are looking for sponsors and Rails coaches. Fill in this form.

Friday 21 July

18.30	Doors Open and Registration Where: HackerOne office, Stationsweg 3F Groningen
19.00-19.30	Pizza!!!!!!! You can't do anything on an empty stomach, so we'll first provide you with fooooood and some drinks.
19.30-19.55	Opening talk Rene van Pelt from Panache
19.55 - 21.00	Let's get started! Our amazing coaches will help you install Ruby on Rails and some other stuff, so you'll be all good to go! Once you've got everything set up, you'll get started on TryRuby
21.00 - end	Install party Get to know the attendees and the coaches a little bit before hand. There will be drinks and snacks and music and awesomeness!

Saturday 22 July

9:30 - 10:00	Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome Outline of the day & word from sponsors
10.15- 10.45	Bentobox - Understanding Web Apps Learn the language of technology guided by Liesbeth Bevelander
10:45 - 13.00	Workshop Jumpstart your first web application
13:00 - 13:30	Lunch
13:45 - 14:30	Lightning Talks Time! Claudia Lanning Vicol : "On the windy road to greatness" - 10 things I wished I knew before I started with programming Aditi Lonhari : TBA Liesbeth Wijers : Ruby for Reals Bharti Nagpal : Enjoying Web Development
14:30 - 16:30	WORKSHOP Extend your application.
17:00 -	Afterparty Hang out with all the participants! Chat, relax, have a drink, ....

Information

Applications open: 25th of April, 2017
Acceptances informed: July 12^th, 2017

Location: HackerOne office, Stationsweg 3F Groningen

Partners

Want to help? We're looking for coaches & sponsors for this non-profit event! Email us!

Rails Girls Groningen is also made possible by our Awesome sponsors:

Panache, tailor made solutions, builds your applications and strengthens your team.

Catawiki's mission is to make special items available to everyone. Our online auction website attracts 14 million monthly users from around the globe to participate in weekly auctions across a variety of categories ranging from comic books, coins and stamps through to rare whiskeys and classic cars!

HackerOne is the first vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. We empower companies to protect consumer data, trust and loyalty by working with the global research community to surface your most relevant security issues. HackerOne is a venture-backed company with headquarters in San Francisco.

GitHub is how people build software. Millions of developers and organizations around the world use GitHub to discover, share and contribute to projects.

FAQ

How much does the workshop cost? Nothing, it's free! You just need to be excited! (and bring your laptop)

Who is this aimed for? Women of any age with basic knowledge of working with a computer. We’ve had people of all ages taking part. Most of the speeches are given in english, but small group work is done in dutch or english. Please bring your laptop.

Can men attend? Yes, but girls are given a priority.

I know how to program - How can I help? We’re also looking for people to be coaches, if you want to be a coach fill in this form

How can I become a sponsor? We can still use more sponsors, we would love for you to become one! Please drop us an email