Rails Girls Frankfurt

Welcome to the local branch of the global Rails Girls community

Rails Girls workshops and meetings are about spreading the fun of code and to discover the world of web development in a joyfull and relaxed atmosphere.

Participants can be of any age, with basic knowledge of working with a computer. We’ve had people of all ages and knowledge levels taking part. For more details, see the FAQ below.

The events and workshops are free. In Frankfurt, we are a team of about 15 coaches, there to helping you code and answering all questions. Find our team names below.

Applications are now closed.

Want to join Rails Girls Frankfurt? Here is our Facebook Group where you find more information and can get to know the local participants and the team.

Want to get in touch with us? Send an email!

An impression of our Rails Girls Workshop 2013:

At workshops, you will learn prototyping, coding and designing your web ideas with the help from our coaches.
We introduce you to web coding in general and Ruby on Rails as one of the open-source web developing frameworks.

Want to help? More awesome Ruby on Rails Coaches are always welcome. If you want, join the team!
Email us.


Friday, September 22nd

18.00 - 21.00

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.
Where: Die Zentrale, Berger Straße 175, 60385 Frankfurt; Die-Zentrale / Coworking
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, September 23rd

9:00 - 9:45

Registration, Coffee, Preparation

Get to know the others, Grouping
9:45 - 10:00

Welcome

Outline of the day & word from sponsors
10:00 - 11:00

Introductions to the basics

Coding is fun!

Designing your web app workshop

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 applications

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

Lightning talks from our coaches

You'll hear about Git and Heroku.
14:30 - 16:30

WORKSHOP

Extend your application.
20:00 -

Afterparty

Open for everyone, meet cool people interested in tech.

This is a preliminary schedule and will probably change a bit in the future.

3rd Rails Girls Frankfurt Workshop

Host & Organizer

Partners

Rails Girls Frankfurt a.M. is a non-profit event (as all Rails Girls Workshops) and is co-organized with our awesome partners:

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


FAQ

How much does the participation at Rails Girls workshops 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 is done in 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


Meet the Rails Girls Frankfurt team

Silvia Hundegger, organizer @SilviaHundegger Benedikt Deicke, organizer @benediktdeicke Verena Brodbeck, organizer @viddity Klaus Zanders, coach @klaustopher Daniel Loy, coach @loybert Markus Seeger, coach @codegourmet Nina Dauer, coach @bingeling Sönke Ohls, coach @freizeitnerd Christian Worreschk, coach @nax13 Garrit Schaap, coach @pixelkind Daniela Zimmermann, coach @EllaEverything Franziska Klingner, coach @junewebdev Benjamin Reitzammer, coach @benjamin Isabel Gaubatz, coach @isabel_gaubatz Romina Marsico, coach @romina_marsico Simone Haas, coach @_sihaas Katharina Bähr, coach @kabaehr Niklas Lochschmidt, coach @niklas_l Sabrina Goethals, coach @goethalss Ringaile Valiaugaite, coach @valhallaonapea Stefan Krätschmer, coach @clexit Nico Bleh, coach @nbleh Thamar Vainstain, coach Olga Zimmermann, coach