The San Francisco Ruby Meetup Group

STUDENTS: Ruby for Beginners (new from RailsBridge Workshop for Women!)

August 24, 2012 · 6:00 PM
Rackspace San Francisco

The workshop is intended to reach out to anyone who identifies as female and is interested in learning Ruby Programming for Beginners. The workshop is emphatically transgender-/queer-friendly. Men are welcome as the +1 of a female-identifying student.

You'll be introduced to object oriented programming, and will write custom applications in the Ruby programming language. No prior knowledge of programming is required.This is is not a Ruby on Rails, or website development, class. Note also that there is no intermediate or advanced track. It's a new curriculum. We hope to serve more levels next time!

The sponsors will provide pizza Friday night, and light breakfast and full lunch on Saturday. Vegetarian options will be available at all meals. We will try to accommodate special dietary requests submitted in your enrollment form by 1:00pm Monday 8/21.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

You must bring a laptop and power supply both days.

REGISTRATION

It's necessary to do ALL of the following by 1:00pm Monday 8/21 to complete registration:

1) Check that the email address you have listed in Meetup is actually one that you check on a regular basis. (We'll be sending updates, notifications, and to-dos. You'll lose your spot if you fail to respond in a timely manner.)

2) If you are bringing a Mac, download and install Xcode on your laptop before registering. Xcode is a very large file that takes 2-3 hours to download. If you are on the wait list, do this now too.

3) Fill out the Registration Form

** those with +1s, please make sure your guest fills out the registration form also **

If you have questions or ideas, please get in touch with Isa (re workshop/logistics) or Carina (re curriculum). Have a great workshop!

SCHEDULE

Friday 6pm-9pm:

Workshop Day 1: InstallFest, Social, & Ruby (REQUIRED)

Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm:

Workshop Day 2: Breakout Sessions 5:00pm: Afterparty

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Katie

Great organization and volunteers

0 · August 29
A former member

This workshop was absolutely amazing. The quality of teachers and TA's was astounding - Jessie and Gabriel were so patient and engaging and I felt so lucky to be the recipient of such well crafted curriculum. I would recommend a Railsbridge workshop to ANYONE looking to learn more about Ruby. The Railsbridge community welcomes all levels of learners and is extremely friendly to newbies.

0 · August 27
Isa Herico

Hi everyone! I totally goofed on those bit.ly links - please share your thoughts with us about your Workshop experience - SURVEY:https://docs.google.com/spreadsh... ----- thanks again for an amazing time. Please do continue to connect & build with your fellow attendees as you continue your Ruby & Rails studies.

0 · August 27
Melanie Archer

Impressive how this has grown from the first workshop!

0 · August 27
Carina

For those interested in continuing from where you left off on Saturday's curriculum, here's the permalink http://docs.railsbridge.org/wor.... Its final slides are each links to a series of projects (Personal Chef, Encryptor, Event Manager, and Event Reporter) and provide a list of topics each covers.

0 · August 26
Peggy Condon

I really enjoyed the workshop yesterday, thanks to the team and to Rackspace for a great event!

0 · August 26
Kristen Sundquist

If anyone is interested, there will be a Women Who Code Hack night on September 13th that is hosted by Manilla.com: http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who.... Hope to see you there!

0 · August 26
Kristen Sundquist

Excellent experience. I can't wait for the next workshop!

0 · August 26
Elizabeth

Thank you so much to Carina, Isa, and all the meetup volunteers. I learned so much today and had a great time. A million times, thanks!

0 · August 25
Elizabeth

Amazing! This was such an incredible opportunity to be exposed to coding for the first time in a super-supportive environment. The teachers, organizers, TAs, and volunteers were so unbelievably cool, helpful, and patient with complete beginners (like me). I learned a ton, made some new friends, and feel super inspired to keep learning. Thank you RailsBridge!! I'll definitely be paying it forward into the future.

0 · August 25
Heidi Fridriksson

amazing, generous, passionate people sharing their knowledge and skills.

0 · August 25
A former member

So excited for tomorrow! This might be a dumb question, but are there any costs associated with this workshop?

0 · August 23
- Isa Herico
  
  Hi Laurel, the RailsBridge community is a gifting one. Meaning many of our resources are gifted to us by our generous members & supporters to continue to equalize gender disparity. As students, the only cost is your time & dedication to be there both days. See you then!
  
  0 · August 23
- A former member
  
  Awesome, thanks Isa!
  
  1 · August 23
Isa Herico

If you've a Mac, please download & install that X-Code tonight, if you haven't yet! it's a doozey of a download. Tomorrow's Installfest will also be assessment-time, so we can make sure we're all grouped accordingly. See you tomorrow ~

0 · August 23
Carina

Quick reminder that this is a beginners class, and focuses on general purpose Ruby programming. You'll get a lot out of this workshop if:

* You have zero or little experience with programming in general
* You have zero or little experience with Ruby
* You want to learn fundamental concepts
* You want to build basic programs

There is no Rails, or website development, in this workshop. If you're interested in learning Rails, this class can be a really good prelude.

0 · August 20
Elizabeth

Hi,
I am 1st on the waiting list and keep getting emails that there is room, but when I try to sign up, it says there's no more room. Do people from the waitlist get promoted into available spaces, or do we keep missing out?

0 · August 18
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- Elle
  
  i wonder if the waitlist setting is not set to automatically bump people up in order of waitlist, instead of throwing the newly available spaces up for grabs. i've seen this happen on a different list..
  
  0 · August 20
- Isa Herico
  
  Hi Elizabeth & Elle, thanks for the check-in on the waitlist. Our waitlist is actually in manual mode. We initially started with 22 spots, and opened up 6 more a little later. So that may have been the Meetup ping that you received.
  
  0 · August 20
- Isa Herico
  
  Fret not, if you are a waitlister or a +1, your chances of getting in are immediately escalated when you fill out the other Registration Form (see #3 above). We close registration this afternoon, and will move attendees by waitlist order, given that you've filled out the Registration Form. Please let me know if there's any other Qs that I may be able to help with. Best, Isa
  
  0 · August 20
- Elizabeth
  
  Thank you so much for the replies. I actually filled out the reg form twice--but I am not sure I did so before the other 6 spots opened up. In any case, thank you for letting me join. I'm looking forward to it!
  
  1 · August 20
Melanie Archer

Is Xcode 3.2.6 acceptable? I'm (still) on Snow Leopard, and it looks like the [update](https://discussions.apple.com/th...) is behind a pay wall.

0 · August 18
- Carina
  
  Melanie, XCode 3.2.6 is indeed fine for Snow Leopard.
  
  0 · August 19
Elise

Aw, no child care this time?

0 · August 18
- Elise
  
  Oops, sorry spoke too soon. I see that the registration page does list childcare.
  
  0 · August 18