RAILS GIRLS BRISBANE JULY 2015
Created by Sorcha Abel @sabel25 and Rachelle LeQuesne @rachelleonrails
Rails Girls Brisbane 2015 has drawn to a close and what a fantastic weekend it was.
Rails Girls began in Finland a few years ago and since then has become a global phenomenon. It is a free event for women of all ages with little or no programming experience. The aim is to encourage more women into programming and specifically Ruby on Rails.
This was the fourth Rails Girls event to be held in Brisbane and it was a huge success. It was organised by four Rails Girls Brisbane alumnae: myself, Rachelle, Daphne and Jeya.
This year we partnered with Cloud9 for our development environment which removed the local installation headaches and, more importantly, allowed us to start coding right from the get go.
We also changed the guides by adding more detailed explanations. Being relative beginners ourselves, we had a unique perspective on what needed more explanation. That, coupled with regular presentations throughout the event, helped students fully understand and grasp each step of the app they were building.
We rejigged the teaching format and had small tables of four with a mentor permanently assigned to that table. This allowed the participants to get to know their mentor and feel more comfortable asking questions without fear of judgement. Our mentors come from a broad and experienced rails/web background and were all fabulous, giving many students one on one guidance throughout the weekend!
During the event each participant successfully built and deployed their very own Rails app! We had 100% completion this year and their enthusiasm was infectious.
The event was held at River City labs in Fortitude Valley. We are planning to run it again next year so keep watching EventBrite to be a part of the next one. http://railsgirls.com/brisbane
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Mentors
Caleb Hattingh@caleb_hattingh
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Maricris Roberto
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