Tieto

Hello girls and ladies!

Rails Girls comes to Riga! During the free two-day workshop we'll dive into the magical world of information technologies and Ruby on Rails.

Huge thanks to all Rails Girls Riga participants, mentors, guests and organizators! You were amazing =)

Here are photos from Rails Girls Riga event 1st day and from 2nd day taken by Martins Kemme (@martinskemme).

Follow us on Twitter at @RailsGirlsRiga for all of our latest updates!

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. Contact us in Twitter!


Friday 25th January

17:00 - 17:45

Registration

17:45 - 21:00

Installations and getting to know each other

We’ll install Ruby on Rails on your computer, so bring your laptop with you
Where: eBIT office, Brivibas 214M room 317, Riga

Saturday 26th January

9:00 - 10:00

Chit-chat & coffee

10:00 - 10:20

Welcome

Opening speech from organizers
10:20 - 10:50

Introduction to programming

11:00 - 12:00

Let's get coding!

Tryruby.org
12:00 - 12:40

Lunch

12:40 - 16:00

Workshop

Going through the curriculum at Rails Girls App Tutorial
16:00 - 16:30

Retrospective

Recap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together. Questions and answers.
16:30 - 18:00

Lightning talks and finishing apps

Short, interesting talks from guests. Some extra time to finish your applications.
19:00 -

Afterparty

Open for everyone, meet cool people interested in tech.

Partners

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

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

eBIT eBIT is an IT company represented in Latvia and Norway. We provide full IT service cycle, helping evaluate and recommending optimal IT solutions, with great service and personal attitude.

PUPU MAISS PUPU MAISS offers stylish, comfortable, cool beanbags - different sizes and shapes, a wide choice of fabrics. Anyone can find the most suitable one!

Ir Weekly magazine "Ir" stands for independent and professional journalism. Experienced journalists research the most important global and national issues in politics and economics, write sophisticated feature stories about culture, lifestyle and social issues. Interesting about the important!

Tieto Tieto is the leading IT service company in Northern Europe providing IT and product engineering services. Our highly specialized IT solutions and services complemented by a strong technology platform provide our local and global customers tangible business benefits.

FMS FMS is the main supplier of Accounting, Resource management and HR solutions for Latvian Government and Private sector, specialized in software development, project management, implementation and support for organizations financial and management solutions, also providing business analysis solutions, system integrations and individual software development.

Geisha It was in 1962 that the chocolate bar Geisha was launched on the market. After 50 years, Geisha introduces the first dark variant: new Geisha Dark. The core of the Geisha chocolate, soft yet crispy hazelnut filling, is now covered with rich dark chocolate.
‘Geisha’ means a skilled person. ‘Gei’ stands for skillfulness while ‘sha’refers to someone who knows.

Lattelecom The Lattelecom is the leading provider of electronic communications services in Latvia. Company offers electronic communication solutions for home, small and medium size businesses, state and municipal institutions, as well as for corporate clients. The Lattelecom works in a dynamic environment and its work is oriented toward development, trustworthiness and professionalism.


Information

Applications start: 26th of November
Applications close: 8th of January
Acceptances informed: 12th of January
Location: Brivibas 214M room 317, Riga


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