First Developer Meeting

4 June 2014

  • Introducing codetswana
  • Online learning resources
  • Technology exploration

About Me

Razzi Abuissa 72986824

razzi53@gmail.com | github.com/razzius

Visiting student from Penn
(senior in CIS)

languages

python, javascript, zsh, go

Frameworks + Platforms + Technologies
Django, Flask, Heroku, Git, Postgresql


Participated in Hack The Change 2013!

Online Learning Resources!


Free:

codecademy
udacity
thecodeplayer

Paid:

lynda
treehouse

Codecademy


codecademy.com


+ high quality courses
+ everything done in browser
+ Javascript, Python, Ruby, HTML, CSS
+ FREE!

- everything is online (needs internet connection)
- doesn't teach you how to put stuff together

Recommended:
Javascript
jQuery

Udacity


udacity.com


+ Courses taught by professors and professional engineers
(think Google, Stanford, ...)
+ Actually teaches you how to build stuff
+ More than programming languages: webapps, data science, games
+ Free courseware

- Paid training is expensive (luckily this is optional)
- Again, everything is in-browser

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: 
CS101 Building a Search Engine
CS255 Intro to Web Development

thecodeplayer.com

lynda.com

teamtreehouse.com

Technology Exploration


What I've done + what's possible

frontend web
backend web
cloud hosting
phone applications
misc hackery

First codetswana developer meeting

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First codetswana developer meeting

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