CodeHub Bristol

These sessions are now run 🎉🎉 in person 🎉🎉 at DeskLodge House.

The Python Dojo is a mixed group coding session, in a non-competitive, collaborative and fun environment. It is hosted by the Women's Tech Hub and usually occurs at Workshop Wednesday's.

What is a Code Dojo?

People who train in martial arts attend dojos, where they practice and try to expand their skills and achieve self-improvement. The idea is that in order to become an expert in anything you need to repeatedly perform deliberate practice. Dojos are also places where people of variable experience levels can engage with each other, share knowledge and give support.

A Code Dojo tries to take those ideas and apply them in the process of mastering programming languages. Our version of the Dojo was inspired by the London Python Dojo (http://ldnpydojo.org.uk/).

A typical session at the dojo looks like:

• Arrive, meet and chat. Attendees suggest topics/exercises to work on

• Vote to decide on 1 exercise to work on

• Split into teams of roughly 2-4 people

• Each team works together (using Python) to solve the exercise at hand

• Each team presents their (complete or incomplete!) solution, talking through their creative process

Things to note:

• We will be using Python as our programming language.

Even if you don't have much experience and only know some basics you can still participate and improve. You don't need to have Python installed, as our remote sessions often use online interpreters.

• Please aim to arrive on time.

We spend roughly the first 20 minutes making introductions and voting on ideas, so we will form teams and get started on the exercise by 6.30 at the latest.

All things coding related can be discussed on the Codehub slack workspace: https://codehubbs.slack.com

(new users should first sign up at http://slack.codehub.org.uk/)

Previous sessions are listed on the CodeHub wiki: http://wiki.codehub.org.uk/python_dojo

For the online version of the Hack Night we are following this schedule:

• 6-6.30 intros and social
• 6.30-8 solo or group study/hacking
• 8 post hack catch up

Hack Night
This is a chance for anyone with an interest in programming and web development to code, share and learn from one another. Whether you are an experienced developer or just learning to code, interested in design or programming, you are more than welcome.

All you'll need is:

• A project you'd like to work on, or something you'd like to study
• A laptop (probably!)

What is a "hack night"?
Hack night is a casual social coding event where people can come together to work on projects and learn new technologies in any language at any skill level. It is a good time to work on those projects on the "back burner" that you never have time for.

Some people will have personal projects that they want to work on in a social atmosphere. Others may be interested in pairing up to work on a project or learn something new together, or work through some online coding challenges. Some people may be experts, others may be noobs, and others may just want to learn how to code - all are welcome!

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About CodeHub
CodeHub also runs workshops, organises mentorships and facilitates study groups. Check out our website (www.codehub.org.uk) for more information.

Please join us on the #hacknight channel on our Slack board: https://codehubbs.slack.com/ – request an invite during the event!

Our Code of Conduct: http://codehub.org.uk/code-conduct

Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors:
iO Academy (https://io-academy.uk/) - Regular Sponsor

These sessions are now run 🎉🎉 in person 🎉🎉

The Python Dojo is a, non-competitive, mixed group coding session, where people of all levels are welcome.

The dojo is hosted by Ray in collaboration with the Women's Tech Hub and Code Hub, they usually occur either online (like this one) or during Workshop Wednesdays at Desk lodge house.

There is no barrier to entry other than a browser and discord (https://discord.gg/qEvWWXG9xh). A replit account and laptop are recommended but not essential, (you do not need to have python installed).

What is a Code Dojo?

At a dojo both masters and students hone their chosen discipline through practice and group reflection, ours is python! We allow for people of all levels to share knowledge, experience and give support

People who train in martial arts attend dojos, where they practice and try to expand their skills and achieve self-improvement. The idea is that in order to become an expert in anything you need to repeatedly perform deliberate practice. Dojos are also places where people of variable experience levels can engage with each other, share knowledge and give support.

Our Dojo was inspired by the London Python Dojo (http://ldnpydojo.org.uk/) (who seem to be no longer running.)

A typical session at the dojo looks like:

Arrive, meet and chat.

Attendees suggest topics/ exercises to work on in the ideas discord channel.

Vote to decide on 1 exercise to work on

Split into teams of roughly 2-4 people, usually all teams will have at least one expert.

Each team works together (using Python) to solve the exercise at hand.

Each team presents their (complete or incomplete!) solution, talking through their creative process and explaining their chosen solutions to problems they encountered.

Things to note:

Even if you don't have much experience and only know some basics you can still participate and improve. You don't need to have Python installed, as our sessions use replit, an online interpreter and IDE.

Please aim to arrive on time so we can get started earlier.

We spend roughly the first 20 minutes making introductions and voting on ideas, so we will form teams and get started on the exercise within half an hour at the latest.

Previous sessions (including code) can be found on the Python dojo discord (https://discord.gg/qEvWWXG9xh)

All things coding related can be discussed on the Codehub slack workspace or the discord.