Rails Girls Brussels 05-06th October 2012

Hello Jeanneke!

Rails Girls comes to Brussels! During the free two-day workshop we'll dive into the chocolate world of Ruby on Rails.

Apply now! Applications are open until the 25th of September.

You learn designing, prototyping and coding with the help from our coaches.

You need your own laptop, curiosity and a sprinkle of imagination!

Want to help? We are looking for volunteers and Rails coaches. Email us.


Friday 05th October

18.00 -

Installation party

Get know the attendees a little bit before hand. Bring your laptop if you can, so we can install Ruby on Rails for you.
21.00 -

Coach dinner

All of the coaches are welcome to our coach dinner, where we'll go through the program for the next day.

Saturday 06th October

9:00 - 10:00

Registration, coffee and installation fest

During the morning we’ll install Ruby on Rails on your computer.
10:00 - 10:15

Welcome

Outline of the day & word from sponsors
10:20 - 10:45

Designing your web app - workshop

10:50 - 11:10

Tryruby.org

Let's get coding!
11:10 - 13:00

Workshop

Jumpstart your first web application
13:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13.30- 13:45

Bentobox - Understanding Web Apps

Recap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together.
13:45 - 14:30

Lighting talks from coaches

14:30 - 16:30

Workshop

Extend your application.
20:00 -

Afterparty

Open for everyone, meet cool people interested in tech.

Information

Applications close: September 25th
Acceptances informed: October 01st

Location:
Betagroup coworking,
4 rue des Pères Blancs,
1040 Etterbeek
Belgium
http://goo.gl/maps/Mr1tg


Brought to you by

Belighted Belighted is the first 100% Ruby on Rails company in Belgium and France.

Sponsors

Rails Girls Brussels is co-organized with our awesome partners.

Want to help? We're looking for partners & sponsors for the non-profit event! Email us!


mongoDB MongoDB is an open source, document-oriented database designed with both scalability and developer agility in mind. Instead of storing your data in tables and rows as you would with a relational database, in MongoDB you store JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas.

rubymotion Rubymotion lets you create iPhone apps in Ruby!


betagroup Betagroup Coworking Brussels is a shared office coworking space in Brussels.

EPIC EPIC is a creative agency specialised in beautifully crafted ruby websites & applications.

pivotal tracker Pivotal Tracker is an Agile project management tool from the agile software development experts.

silicon salad Silicon Salad Silicon Salad is a french webagency based in Lille and created in 2008. We make web and mobile apps and are specialized in custom eCommerce solutions.

SumoCoders SumoCoders, Geeks coding with <body>

xaop XAOP uses Ruby to help organizations take advantage of technology.

10to1 10to1 builds mobile apps for businesses.


FAQ

How much does the workshop cost? Nothing, it's free! You just need to be excited!

Who is this aimed for? Women of any age with basic knowledge of working with a computer. We’ve had people of all ages taking part. Most of the speeches are given in english, but small group work can be done in Dutch, French or German. Please bring your laptop.

Can men attend? Yes, but you need to be accompanied by an interested lady. Also, girls are given a priority.

I know how to program - How can I help? We’re also looking for people to be coaches. We’ll have a two-three hour workshop before the event to walk you through the curriculum. Email us