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From Watching to Doing: Using AI and Mixed Reality to Get Jobs Done
Disclaimer: Women Devs SG is a community to encourage more women to excel in their tech careers. As such, if you are a male, only attend if another woman can accompany you 🙏🏼
“What does it look like when software stops living only on screens and starts interacting with the physical world?”
Most software engineers are familiar with building systems that respond to clicks, APIs, and events. But a new class of systems is emerging where software also sees, understands, and acts in the real world. This talk introduces that shift in an accessible, developer friendly way.
We will explore how modern AI systems connect perception (like images and language) to real world actions, and how developers design feedback loops where machines can observe, decide, and act. Using simple examples from robotics and manufacturing, we will break down complex ideas into familiar software concepts like event loops, state, and orchestration.
In this session, you will learn:
\* How “sense think act” systems map to patterns software engineers already know
\* How computer vision and language models are combined to drive real world actions
\* How XR can be used as a developer interface to monitor and guide intelligent systems
\* What kinds of engineering roles and skills are emerging in this space
No background in robotics or AI is required. This talk is designed to build intuition, not expertise, and to give you a broader view of where software engineering is heading beyond traditional web and backend systems.
Geek Out, Stress Out!: Lite
## Details
**🎉 Geek Out, Stress Out: *Lite Edition* 🎲**
**Note:** Please join the event from the URL below instead:
[https://playbojio.vercel.app/events/geek-out-stress-out-lite-3rd-feb-tue](https://playbojio.vercel.app/events/geek-out-stress-out-lite-3rd-feb-tue)
Participants who join this session via the ***PlayBoJio*** platform will be eligible for the session’s lucky draw, which will be drawn the following day. 🎁✨
How SMEs Grow Faster with AI-Driven Digital Marketing
Dear Singapore SME Owners,
Are you frustrated with ad spend that delivers little return and websites
that fail to convert visitors into customers?
Discover how AI + digital marketing can help SMEs generate consistent, high-quality leads on autopilot.
In this hands-on 90-minute live masterclass, you’ll see real examples from F&B, retail and service businesses using AI tools to systematically turn website traffic into paying customers.
You’ll learn the exact strategies, tools, and step-by-step frameworks busy business owners use to scale without technical complexity or guesswork.
Leave with a clear, practical AI marketing roadmap you can apply immediately to create a predictable flow of leads and customers within weeks.
Previous attendees have gone on to book growth services directly after the session.
🎟 Limited seats available.
Register now to secure your spot.
SME Growth Hack: AI + Digital Marketing = More Leads and Customers
Dear Singapore SME owners,
Are you tired of empty ad spend and websites that attract zero customers?
Discover how AI + digital marketing creates consistent leads on autopilot for businesses just like yours.
In this hands-on 90-minute live masterclass, see real F&B, retail and service SMEs using AI tools to convert website visitors into paying customers automatically.
Get the exact strategies, tools and step-by-step playbook that busy owners need to scale without tech headaches.
Walk away with your personalized AI marketing roadmap, proven templates, and free leads checklist – everything to launch consistent customer flow within weeks.
Past attendees booked their growth packages on-site.
Limited seats. Register now to claim your spot + free checklist.
Real Estate Investing 101: Buying Property for Personal or Investment Use
Whether you are looking to buy your first home or considering investing in real estate properties, this meetup is perfect for beginners in real estate investing.
Book Coach Douglas for an informative session on the basics of real estate, different investment strategies and how to make the most out of your property purchase for personal use or as an investment.
Take the first step towards achieving your financial goals through property ownership. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow your real estate knowledge!
Whatsapp Dave@83324283 to book a session first. Strictly by appointment only. Other dates and timing can be arranged too.
MASHED Magic The Gathering Commander Casual!
Fellow board game and card game lovers, looking for a place to play MTG Commander? Or looking to learn how to play Magic The Gathering? Come join us this Tuesday and have a fun filled, fireball swinging, dragons casting night!
Bring your own commander deck (any bracket) or just bring yourself and your friends if you’re coming to learn how to play!
All Gender welcomed!
Venue: Unsalted By Lazy Potato
Address: 17A Jalan Klapa #02-01 S(199329)
Time: 7pm til late
Entry: $6
What you get: 1 Magic the Gatheringerinf Play Booster Pack + 1 canned drink
Bonus: Lucky Draw for everyone
Burgers, Board Games & Chill – Tuesday at Open Sourced 🍔
Craving a midweek reset? Slide into Burgers, Board Games & Chill - our weekly Tuesday night hangout where the buns are toasted, the vibes are relaxed, and the conversation’s always juicy.
We’ve added **11** new board games — come by, play a few rounds, and help with new ideas!
Check the latest burger review from Daniel Food Diary > **[https://danielfooddiary.com/2025/05/15/opensourced](https://danielfooddiary.com/2025/05/15/opensourced)**
Come solo or bring a friend. It’s low-pressure, good food, and great company — perfect if you’re new in town, working nearby, or just need a breather from the grind.
**Venue:** Open Sourced
**Website:** [www.opensourced.so](http://www.opensourced.so)
**Date:** Tuesday
**Time:** 6.30pm-9pm
**Location:** 10A Perak Road, Singapore 208131
**Bonus:** Free tatter tots upgrade with every burger
Develop Author & Speaker Platforms Events This Week
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LeetCode Practice Session (Fortnightly)
**Dates:**
* 13, 27 Dec 2025
* 10, 24 Jan 2026
* 7, 14, 28 Feb 2026 (17 & 18 Feb are CNY)
* 14, 28 Mar 2026 (21 March is Hari Raya Puasa)
**Timing:** 2pm onwards
**Venue:** HackerspaceSG
**Address:** Textile Centre, #08-10, Singapore 199018
We'll be hanging out to practice some LeetCode questions together.
**\#\# No food provided \#\# Bring your laptop \#\#**
# Format:
* Pick a random LeetCode question (easy or medium).
* One volunteer will connect to screen and attempt the question within 40 minutes.
* Rest of the group will either role-play as interviewer, collaborator or just observe.
* At the end of the attempt, the group will provide feedback to the volunteer.
# Format of Feedback:
## Soft skills
* Ask good questions?
* What should be talked about? What should demo thru code?
## Technical feedback
* Quality of execution.
# About JuniorDev SG:
JuniorDevSG is a developer interest group that focuses on providing a place for junior developers to learn and network with each other.
At the same time, we seek to be a support system to help junior developers break into tech, navigate their careers as well growing them to one day become senior developers or tech leaders in the tech industry.
AI Builders Co-work + The Stage: Beyond Vanity Metrics
**Friday is our open co-working day.**
****People come to work on their own projects, take breaks together, and usually stay through the afternoon. It’s quiet, focused, and builder- and founder-led.
You can arrive anytime from 10AM. Most people show up after lunch and settle in before 1.30pm. Bring your laptop. Grab any open seat. Stay as long as you like.
At 1.30pm, we pause work briefly for a shared session called The Stage, then everyone goes back to working.
This is how Fridays here work.
**The Stage @ 1.30PM**
*The Stage is a short, open-format session where builders and founders share something they are actively working on. A workflow, a technical breakdown, a lesson learned, or just a topic keeping him/her up at night.*
*The goal is to spark ideas you can try immediately after, during the same afternoon. After the session ends, most people simply open their laptops again and continue working.*
[Michelle Lo Horton](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-lo-horton/)
Founder & Chief Story Teller, [StoryARC](https://www.michellelohorton.com/)
[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/michellelohorton/?hl=en)
This week we switch gears away from our usual technical sharing to something more human. Michelle will be sharing how to tell stories that matter and how to create content that generates business outcomes for real businesses in the AI age.
Michelle Lo Horton is a brand strategist and thought leader specializing in business storytelling for founders. Michelle works with technical founders and business owners across B2B and B2C sectors, helping them transform product narratives into competitive advantages. Her clients include AI companies, SaaS founders, and D2C brands looking to build defensible market positions through strategic storytelling.
In the age of AI, building products has never been easier, or less differentiated. Everyone's vibe-coding similar solutions, which means technical excellence alone no longer guarantees market success. The new competitive advantage? Being essential to your audience's thinking, not just present in their feed.
This session introduces the ARC (Audience Relationship Capital) framework, a proprietary 0-30 quantitative methodology developed by Michelle. It's a framework that measures whether content builds commercial trust or just collects vanity metrics or generating noise.
* The problem: Why product differentiation has collapsed and what that means for go-to-market strategy.
* The evidence: Data patterns from founders showing the gap between attention metrics and business outcomes.
* The framework: How to measure and build the three trust vectors that predict commercial success (Memory, Familiarity, Intent)
* Practical application: The R↔C Weave methodology for technical founders—balancing relatability and competence without swinging to extremes
Designed specifically for builders who prefer technical content, this session makes the commercial case for why storytelling isn't marketing fluff, it's your defensible moat.
Three tangible takeaways:
* A diagnostic tool: The ARC Score framework (0-30 scale) to audit whether your current content strategy is building commercial trust or just collecting vanity metrics
* A mental model shift: Understanding that in AI-commoditized markets, distribution beats differentiation, and strategic storytelling is how you win distribution
* An action step: A specific 30-day content audit method to identify which trust vector (Memory, Familiarity, or Intent) is your weakest, and therefore where your growth opportunity lives.
After the session, we go back to work or hang out to network.
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[Networking for Impact] Thursdays Casual Chat
**You’ve built a career—but are you building something that truly matters?**
If you’ve ever wondered whether your skills could be used for something more meaningful, you’re not alone.
Join us for an evening of professional networking and knowledge sharing focused on meaningful work and venture building. Connect with like-minded professionals, engage in meaningful conversations, and discover opportunities to contribute to a more sustainable future.
This meetup is the perfect platform to expand your network, exchange ideas, and learn the secrets behind venture building.
Let’s explore how your experience can help build a better future—alongside others who are turning that same restlessness into real impact.
[Note: Do get a drink or food from the venue to support them]
Learning from District Champion! Impromptu Speaking Night! (Mandarin)
Learning from the best in the industry, Mr Chiu Soon Seng.
He will share with you the structure on impromptu speaking and how to use humour, and impress your friends, bosses and love ones.
There will be practical trying-out opportunities and various guidance.
Event is free, and look forward to your participation.
Speaker Profile:
周顺成简介
20年不间断上台演讲,幽默魅力伴一生。
美容及保健品供应商
在2000年加入讲演会
曾获2016/2017 LV 总决赛冠军
第19届杨厝港讲演会会长
第19届新加坡管理学院讲演会会长
19-20年度V区总监
目前担任V区顾问
兴趣:知已(认识自己)
2016/2017 District Champion!
Don't miss the opportunity to pick up tips and tricks!
Events conducted in Mandarin.
On top of that, you will be able to witness Exco installation, Language evaluation, and birthday celebrations for our members.
Regards,
Wei Bin
We are located at Nee Soon East CC Level 4 Room 4. 7 to 9.30 pm.
We have supper after the event.
agentfield Day: The Autonomous Backend AI Hackathon
## Build an AI Backend
Chatbots are frontend. The interesting question is: what happens when AI moves into your backend?
Not a copilot. Not a chat widget. A reasoning layer that sits alongside your services - making decisions that used to be hardcoded, replacing brittle if-else chains with logic that actually understands context.
[AgentField](https://umami-production-286d.up.railway.app/q/qu0EUyujU) is infrastructure for this. Agents that share memory without Redis. Agents that find each other without service registries. Just Python/typescript functions - no DAGs, no YAML, no workflow definitions.
Come build something that belongs in a backend, not a chat window.
**The Workshop:**
In one hour, you'll build a system where multiple agents research a topic in parallel, share what they find, and go deeper where it matters.
Not by wiring up message queues. Not by defining DAG configs. You'll write Python (or typescript) functions, and the coordination just happens.
* **Reasoners** \- Functions where AI makes decisions
* **Skills** \- Functions where code does the work
* **Memory** \- State that flows between agents automatically
* **Discovery** \- Agents call each other by name\, routing happens
By the end, you'll have a working deep research system - the same pattern that powers everything from due diligence pipelines to adaptive content generation.
Want to try it before the hackathon? [Join our Discord](https://discord.com/invite/aBHaXMkpqh) \- ask questions\, get help if you get stuck\, or just say hi\.
**What makes this different:**
* **Memory without infrastructure** \- Memory that works across all your agents\. No Redis\, no Postgres\, no config\.
* **Agents find each other** \- Discovery engine routes automatically\. No service registry setup\.
* **Reasoners vs Skills** \- AI decides\, code executes\. Clean separation that's easy to test and reason about\.
* **Just simple** \- No workflow DSLs\. No DAG definitions\. Write functions\, decorate them\, done\.
**The Challenge:**
Rethink what AI applications look like after the chatbot.
The chatbot was AI-as-interface: human inputs, AI responds. The AI backend is AI-as-infrastructure: agents that make decisions, share context, and do work - whether a human is watching or not.
Build the application that exists on the other side of that shift.
**🏆 Prizes:**
$2,000 USD in OpenRouter credits:
* 1st Place: $1,000
* 2nd Place: $600
* 3rd Place: $400
**⚡ Agenda:**
* 10:00 AM - Kickoff + Workshop: From Hello World to Deep Research
* 10:30 AM - Team formation + hacking begins
* 12:00 PM - Lunch
* 3:30 PM - Hacking ends / Live demos (3 min per team)
* 4:30 PM - Winners announced
* 5:00 PM - Close
**Who should come:**
* You've built chatbots and want to build something deeper
* You're curious what AI looks like when it's not a UI feature
* You want to replace some hardcoded logic with reasoning
* You just like building things
Python or TypeScript. No agent experience needed.
**How we'll judge:**
1. **New problem space** \- Is this AI\-as\-infrastructure in a domain we haven't seen? Show us something beyond chatbots\.
2. **Replaced complexity** \- Did you simplify an architecture that was previously a mess of services\, queues\, or hardcoded rules? Does it make sense cost\-wise?
3. **High leverage** \- Either high volume \(worth automating\) or high stakes \(worth reasoning about\)\. Bonus if both\.
4. **Previously impossible** \- Does this enable something that couldn't exist before? Not just faster or cheaper \- genuinely new\.
**💡 What could you build?**
* **Pricing that adapts in real-time** \- Considers inventory\, demand\, and competition \(for example\) simultaneously\. Reasoning and autonomous\, not rules\.
* **Supply chain that coordinates** \- Shortage detected\, alternatives evaluated\, routes recalculated\, alerts sent\.
* **Code Security Review for PR** \- Every PR launching and finding complex security threats and patterns that are non\-trivial
Build something we haven't thought of here, and you have your own startup at hand !
**📚 Resources:**
* Docs: [agentfield.ai/docs](https://agentfield.ai/docs/?utm_campaign=hackaton_1&utm_source=aibuilders&utm_medium=hackaton&utm_id=hack_sing-1&utm_content=docs-cta)
* GitHub: [github.com/Agent-Field/agentfield](https://umami-production-286d.up.railway.app/q/qu0EUyujU)
* Discord: [Join](https://discord.com/invite/aBHaXMkpqh) to prep and find teammates
* Deep Research Guide: [Build your first system](https://umami-production-286d.up.railway.app/q/qu0EUyujU)
* Blog: [The AI Backend](https://agentfield.ai/blog/posts/ai-backend/?utm_campaign=hackaton_1&utm_source=aibuilders&utm_medium=hackaton&utm_id=hack_sing-1&utm_content=blog-cta)
**🤝 Hosts:**
* **AgentField** \- Backend infrastructure layer for autonomous AI\.
* **AI Builders** \- Community of engineers building the future of AI\.
⚠️ Limited spots. Register now.
Book Lovers Club: Mind Over Money
Hello Leader-Readers
Happy New Year! I hope the festive season has treated you well, filled with good food, rest, and joyful celebrations.
What better way to kick off the new year than by coming back to the library for February’s Book Club session!
In collaboration with Book Lovers Club, we will be discussing Mind Over Money by author and BBC Radio 4 presenter, Claudia Hammond.
Registration for the upcoming session is available at this link: https://go.gov.sg/nlbblc.
A few things to note:
* Registration is through myLibrary ID, do have it ready before proceeding with registration.
* If all slots are taken up, you will be able to register into a waiting list via the same channel.
* As slots are limited, please be considerate - attend the slot you have signed up for and be punctual!. If you are unable to make it, please drop me an email.
* Registration closes on 6 February, 12pm.
Cheers,
SG Self-Development Book Club
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Azure CBUS February: Build Your Own MCP Server
### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers
The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way?
This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents.
Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to:
Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture.
Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases.
Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI.
Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem.
Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does.
Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!
[https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)
DoJo (Informal Python Meeting)
**New Dojo Location!**
**Draft Day Columbus**
1130 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43215
We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works
Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead.
We're looking for topic suggestions and people interested in presenting at our monthly meetings. To this end we've set up a survey form at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc)
Speak Easy (Storytelling)
The topic for February is "Transitions"
Speak Easy: true stories, told live.
The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast.
Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect.
The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!
Hybrid MI Python: Automating Minecraft with Python and AI
Join us as Evan Stone demonstrates how to leverage Python and AI to create intelligent automations for Minecraft servers. Learn how to build custom tools that enhance player experiences through automated tasks, smart game mechanics, and AI-driven features. Whether you're interested in game development, automation, or practical AI applications, this talk will show you how Python can transform multiplayer gaming experiences.
AGENDA:
7:00pm - Opening announcements
7:10pm - Automating Minecraft with Python and AI
7:50pm - Q&A
IxDA Chat n Pancakes
Join members of the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast. There _might_ be a little snow, but there _will_ be effectively infinite serve-yourself coffee, so it evens out if you ask me.
Just a reminder, while the other locations are great too, we’re at the Lane Ave one this time.
HTML5 Master Series (Class 02 of 04) (SPECIAL OFFERING)
**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT NOTES:**
1. The dates listed for this series are about 95% reliable. We are completing our 2026 schedule as we speak, so minor adjustments are still occurring.
2. Each class in this series has an attendance fee, though this first offering is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. Each class, from BOTH a sign-up and fee perspective, is a separate entity.
**Introduction:**
HTML5 is the foundational technology for modern web development, serving as the standard markup language for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. Developed through a collaboration between the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), HTML5 provides a robust system of elements (tags) that tell a browser how to display text, images, and multimedia in a clear and meaningful way. It works in concert with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for presentation and JavaScript for interactivity, forming the core technology stack for virtually all websites and many web applications today.
One of the significant advancements of HTML5 is the introduction of powerful new features and elements designed to improve functionality and simplify development. Key additions include native multimedia support via the \ and \ tags, allowing developers to embed media without third-party plugins. It also offers new form controls for better user input, such as date and email types, and introduces web storage capabilities to store data offline for enhanced performance. These features streamline the process of building rich, interactive web experiences.
A significant focus of HTML5 is enhanced semantics and better structural organization of content. New semantic elements like , , , , and \ provide meaningful structure to documents, which aids in search engine optimization (SEO) and improves accessibility for assistive technologies. These elements define different parts of a webpage (e.g., a header for the top, a nav for navigation links, a footer for the bottom), making the code more readable and understandable for both developers and machines. This emphasis on clear structure helps in creating more logical and maintainable websites.
Developing websites in today's competitive environment requires taking advantage of every technique you can to get the maximum exposure possible. Our HTML5 class will not only show you what's new in the HTML specification, but also the best way to develop optimized web pages that get the attention your client and/or company requires.
**The breakdown of the four-class series is as follows:**
**Class 1: Introduction to Web Structure and Basic HTML5**
This class introduces the core concepts of web development, the history of HTML, and the fundamental structure of an HTML5 document.
* **Topics**:
* **Web Architecture Overview**: How browsers, servers, and web pages interact.
* **HTML Fundamentals**: Understanding elements, tags, and attributes.
* **Basic Document Structure**: Using !DOCTYPE html, html, head, and body.
* **Text Formatting**: Headings (h1 to h6), paragraphs (p), and text-level semantics (e.g., strong, em, br).
* **Lists and Links**: Creating ordered (ol) and unordered (ul) lists, and linking between pages using anchor tags (a).
* **Activity**: Students create a basic personal webpage containing text, a list of hobbies, and a link to an external website.
**Class 2: Semantic HTML5 and Multimedia Integration**
Class 2 focuses on modern HTML5 elements that provide meaning (semantics) to content, improving accessibility and search engine optimization. It also covers adding images and multimedia.
* **Topics**:
* **Semantic Elements**: Understanding and implementing elements like header, footer, nav, section, and article.
* **Images**: Adding images using the img tag and attributes like src, alt, width, and height.
* **Multimedia**: Embedding audio and video content using the audio and video tags.
* **File and Folder Structure**: Best practices for organizing project files and managing file paths.
* **Activity**: Students refactor their Class 1 project to use a proper semantic layout and add an image and a link to a video file.
**Class 3: Forms and User Input**
This session is dedicated to building interactive HTML5 forms, which are essential for capturing user data and input.
* **Topics**:
* **Form Basics**: Using the form element, action and method attributes.
* **Input Types**: Exploring various input types (e.g., text, password, checkbox, radio, date, submit).
* **Form Elements**: Utilizing label, textarea, select, option, and button.
* **Client-side Validation**: Implementing HTML5 validation attributes like required, minlength, and pattern.
* **Activity**: Students build a complete contact form with different input fields, radio buttons, and basic HTML5 validation.
**Class 4: Introduction to CSS3 and Basic Styling**
The final class introduces Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to style the HTML content and make the web pages visually appealing and accessible.
* **Topics**:
* **CSS Fundamentals**: The role of CSS, selectors, properties, and values.
* **Integrating CSS**: Using inline, internal, and external style sheets.
* **The Box Model**: Understanding margin, padding, border, and content for basic layout.
* **Basic Styling**: Changing colors, fonts, and text alignment.
* **Accessibility Basics**: Identifying principles of web design usability and accessibility, including ARIA labels.
* **Activity**: Students apply an external CSS file to their Class 3 form project to style the layout, colors, and fonts, culminating in a well-structured and styled webpage.
Columbus Code & Coffee 83 @ Improving
Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!
**What to Expect at the Intro Circle**
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Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup:
* Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
* Your name
* What you're working on
* What you can help others with
Round 2:
* Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
Round 3:
* Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!









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