CodeYear meetup approaches at The Baltimore House Feb 21st 7pm-9pm
There is a meetup coming up on the 21st of February at 7pm. Keep your calendars open. It will be at the “I’m passing out it’s so comfortable” Baltimore House in downtown Hamilton. I will be helping anyone participating, or wanting to participate in the CodeYear program. It is an online educational program dedicated to teaching people how to code.
It’s true that CodeYear was the initial driving force for this meetup but I also encourage any developer or IT professional in and around the city to come by and talk, organize, relax, or simply work. I’ll be working on a demo for a motivational tool (TallyBoard) using HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript, for starters. It’s not fancy, just something I would like for myself at the moment. I should state that I’m not affiliated with CodeYear. They only encouraged people in cities across the world to organize meetups so I participated. I eventually want it to be a place where people young and old can learn together. Now, let’s see who is interested in growing an even larger software community in Hamilton, Ontario by attending our CodeYear meetup!
I’m glad you are still here, you’ve successfully graduated Alex Pineda’s School of First Paragraphs. Here is a cookie (monster).
Now if you’re interested as to what CodeYear is like, Dann Berg, A CodeYear participant, wrote an excellent blog post on his experiences:
“As with any other skill, the more you learn, the more questions you have and the more you realize you don’t know. Codecademy has been fantastic for opening the door to learning to code (so they have succeeded in their goal) but I still see areas where I want to know more and don’t know where to find answers. Maybe these gaps will be filled as the year progresses, but as a student for two months, I wanted to share what I feel some of my thoughts thus far.”
You can also see the rest of his blog entry at the Relevant Links section at the bottom of this post.
In closing I want to mention that there are more programs out there other than just codeyear.com. There are a few offered by Stanford online as well as MITx and a few others. These are all free, and in many cases instructor lead week by week. I’ll post all relevant links below for those interested as classes begin shortly. CodeYear serves the purpose of learning languages progressively and most importantly using a fun interactive delivery. If you’re interested please don’t hesitate to come down on the 21st of February and see us all at the Baltimore House, 7pm. There are coffees, teas, and sweets there for the hungry people. Come!
Reach me for questions:
alex AT brainyweb.ca
twitter.com/brainyweb
Relevant Links:
A Student’s Thoughts After Almost Two Months of CodeYear
The Baltimore House Facebook Page
Stanford’s CS 101 class (and many more, scroll to bottom)