Code Kata Practice

Ask an organizer about our Slack group if you'd like to attend. We share a Zoom link in Slack just before the meeting starts. Thanks!

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Book Club (for those interested, feel free to listen in):

Code Complete 2nd Edition by Steve McConnell - Chapter 6, from page 143 to 160.

We'll wrap up the meeting around 7:20 pm and the focus will switch over to a book club discussion for the last 30 minutes or so.

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Meeting Overview:

We're going to use Codewars.com to work through some code katas together. Codewars.com is a free site which is community driven. Members can create programming challenges known as code katas for others to practice with. The problems range in difficulty and many different programming languages are supported. The site also promotes test-driven development to solve and check solutions. It's a fun place to learn new languages and concepts.

We'll pick a challenge and use ensemble programming to solve it. Which just means one person will be on the keyboard while the group talks through the solution together. In our case one person will share their screen and we'll work together to discuss and solve the problem. We should be able to get through one or two easier challenges together. Everyone can also feel free to work on problems independently. Depending on everyone's background we can cycle through several programming languages or try new ones!

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General Agenda:

6:00 pm MT - Welcome and setup
6:05 - Start the Meeting
7:20 - Wrap up discussion and begin book club
7:50 - Close for the night

Meeting tools:
Slack: https://slack.com/
Discord: https://discordapp.com
Zoom: https://zoom.us/

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