Juten Tach & hätzlich wellkumme!
Rails Girls is back in town! On August 18 + 19 we'll dive into the magical world of Ruby on Rails again. Join the free two-day workshop, have fun and start coding!
Applications are open! Apply here: Application Form
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.
| 18:00 – 20:00 |
Installation partyGet know the attendees a little bit before hand. Bring your laptop if you can, so we can install Ruby on Rails for you.Where: Tanzschule Schulerecki, Apostelnstraße 14-18, 50667 Köln |
|---|---|
| 21:00 |
Coaches dinnerAll of the coaches are welcome to our coach dinner, where we'll go through the program for the next day. |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
Registration, coffee and installation festDuring the morning we’ll install Ruby on Rails on your computer. |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:10 |
WelcomeOutline of the day & word from sponsors |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Designing your web appBy Welf Kirschner |
| 10:50 - 11:35 |
Let's get started |
| 11:40 - 13:00 |
WORKSHOPJumpstart your first web application |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30- 13:45 |
Bentobox - Understanding Web AppsRecap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together.By Jan Kus |
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Lightning talks from coachesWhy I love what I doBy Silvia Schreier Rails Girls. Eine Mädchenveranstaltung By Verena Würbel To be announced By Anna Pfannerstill To be announced By Madeleine Neumann |
| 14:30 - 17:00 |
WORKSHOPExtend your application. |
Applications are open! Apply here: Application Form
Acceptances informed: August 7th
Rails Girls Cologne is co-organized with our awesome partners.
Want to help? We're looking for partners & sponsors for the non-profit event! Email us!
9elements is a small, privately-held company in the middle of the industrial Ruhr Area, Germany. We are dedicated to combining cutting-edge applications with beautiful and functional design.
Our work is influenced by a wide spectrum of backgrounds: from game development and interface design to state-of-the-art computer science research, from business programming to digital culture.
Our ten year track record includes work with startups that have since turned into market leaders (Employour, Moviepilot), as well as projects for global players (Google, OECD).
Railslove is a small team of passionate hackers, thinkers and designers creating juicy stuff for the web.
innoQ offers consulting and development services for challenging projects.
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Since 1999 Sevenval has been defending its position as a leading partner for frontend solutions. We are proud to employ 150 inspiring individuals: performance enthusiasts, framework freaks, prototyping performers, quality fans, design geeks and project jugglers – specialists who are at home in the digital world like ourselves.
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 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
| 18.00 - |
Installation partyGet know the attendees a little bit before hand. Bring your laptop if you can, so we can install Ruby on Rails for you.Where: Design Quartier Ehrenfeld, Heliosstr. 35–37, 50825 Köln |
|---|---|
| 21.00 - |
Coaches dinnerAll of the coaches are welcome to our coach dinner, where we'll go through the program for the next day. |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Registration, coffee and installation festDuring the morning we’ll install Ruby on Rails on your computer. |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
WelcomeOutline of the day & word from sponsors |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Designing your web appBy Liane Kirschner & Tatjana Lajendäcker |
| 10:50 - 11:35 |
Programming Web Applications with Ruby on RailsTryruby.orgLet's get coding! By Marco Schaden |
| 11:40 - 13:00 |
WORKSHOPJumpstart your first web application |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13.30- 13:45 |
Bentobox - Understanding Web AppsRecap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together.By Martin Otten |
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Lightning talks from coachesIt's A Man's WorldBy Jeremy Tai Abbett Why I love what I do By Silvia Schreier Rails Girls. Eine Mädchenveranstaltung By Verena Würbel |
| 14:30 - 16:30 |
WORKSHOPExtend your application. |
| 19:00 |
Power Point KaraokeInteractive Developers invited us to join Power Point Karaoke. |
| 20:00 - |
BBQ |
| 23:00 - |
INTERACTIVE CLUBNIGHTOpen for everyone, free entry for Rails Girls, meet cool people interested in tech. JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTERBAND - DJ Set _Paris, Warp Records_ // ROOSEVELT - DJ Set _Köln, Greco-Roman_ // 9 ELEMENTS _Robot Unicorn Invasion Visuals: Studio Farbraum, SONOPTIX Stadtgarten Köln |
Applications are closed
Acceptances informed: May 12th
Rails Girls Cologne is co-organized with our awesome partners.
Want to help? We're looking for partners & sponsors for the non-profit event! Email us!
innoQ offers consulting and development services for challenging projects.
Interactive Cologne Festival – May 19th to 25th 2014. One sparkling week in summer bringing together creatives to connect, share ideas and build hot stuff.
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Railslove is a small team of passionate hackers, thinkers and designers creating juicy stuff for the web.
The technology provider Sevenval helps companies keep up with the ever-
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Founded in 2009, Wooga has become one of the most popular developers of mobile games in the world. Based in Berlin, employees from more than 40 nations develop high quality free-to-play games for a global audience. Wooga’s focus is on creating regular hits such as Jelly Splash, Pearl’s Peril and Diamond Dash. Over 50 million people play Wooga’s games every month across multiple platforms.
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 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
Have more? Send us the link at railsgirls (a) railslove.com
| 17.00 - 20.00 |
Installation partyGet know the attendees a little bit before hand. Bring your laptop if you can, so we can install Ruby on Rails for you.Where: Coworking-Space Gasmotorenfabrik, Deutz-Mülheimer-Straße 129 |
|---|---|
| 21.00 - |
Coach dinnerAll of the coaches are welcome to our coach dinner, where we'll go through the program for the next day. |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Registration, coffee and installation festDuring the morning we’ll install Ruby on Rails on your computer. |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
WelcomeOutline of the day & word from sponsorsNadia Zaboura - The ultimate guide of CREATIVE.NRW - Creativity made in Cologne & NRW. |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Designing your web app -workshopBy Liane Kirschner & Tatjana Lajendäcker |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Tryruby.orgLet's get coding!By Jan Kus |
| 11:10 - 13:00 |
WORKSHOPJumpstart your first web application |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13.30- 13:45 |
Bentobox - Understanding Web AppsRecap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together.By Jakob Hilden |
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Lighting talks from coachesHow I went from picking up programming to working in a software company - in a yearBy Joan Wolkerstorfer My life as a female programmer By Karen Sijbrandij M-I-N-S-W-A-N By Michael Bumann |
| 14:30 - 16:30 |
WORKSHOPExtend your application. |
| 20:00 - |
AfterpartyOpen for everyone, meet cool people interested in tech.https://www.facebook.com/events/105384209619006/ |
Registration is closed.
Acceptances informed: September 13th
Rails Girls Cologne is co-organized with our awesome partners.
Want to help? We're looking for partners & sponsors for the non-profit event! Email us!
Adcloud is an independent technology and services provider for the optimised exchange of online advertising. With Adcloud technology, customers can run campaigns on their own advertising space and control these optimally. On the Adcloud marketplace all participants can manage their own advertising space and campaigns and either use these exclusively for their own customers and placements, or release them onto the entire platform to trade.
cloudControl ist Europas Platform-as-a-Service-Pionier. Die “Made in Berlin”-Platform ermöglicht Entwicklern die unkomplizierte Nutzung von Cloud-Ressourcen für das agile Deployment und den ausfallsicheren Betrieb ihrer Anwendungen mit dem Ziel, die Time-to-Market zu reduzieren und Kosten zu senken. Über den Add-on-Marketplace bietet cloudControl unkomplizierten Zugang zu einer großen Auswahl von Drittanbieter-Komponenten und -Services für Applikationen, die vollautomatisch integriert werden.
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innoQ offers consulting and development services for challenging projects.
Pixum is one of the leading online photo services in Europe. The broad range of products covers the Pixum Photo Book, Photo Calendars, individual Greeting Cards and a huge selection of pieces of decoration as well as Photo Gifts and classical Photo Prints. Furthermore Pixum stands for a high-quality customer service, has won more than 30 tests and offers its services in nine languages.
Railslove is a small team of passionate hackers, thinkers and designers creating juicy stuff for the web.
triAGENS is developing the universal, open source NoSQL database ArangoDB.
Wooga is one of the most popular social games developers in the world. The company is based in Berlin, Europe's creative heart and mecca for tech industry innovators. Wooga was founded in 2009 and now employs over 200 people from more than 30 nations, who work together to make top titles for iOS and Facebook. The studio's signature approach to game design emphasizes emotional character development, usability, and superb localization. Wooga's free-to-play games are enjoyed by over 50 million players per month.
Zweitag is a software engineering consultancy from Münster, Germany. We create beautiful, high quality web apps. Our agile solutions for complex technical problems are based on the right tools (e.g. Ruby on Rails, node.js, NoSQL).
Cluster organization CREATIVE.NRW fosters creative companies and entrepreneurs in Germany´s biggest state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). Featuring 315.000 people in 50.000 businesses, accounting for 36 billion Euro turnover, the Creative Industries ranks third place in NRW´s economy. The main objective of CREATIVE.NRW is to secure and expand this position by providing a wide range of professional services, thus expanding growth and innovation in NRW.
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 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