Welcome new coders!

Winter 2015 Cohort

Your ^ Instructors

KICKASS

Your ^ Community organizer

Melissa Lockley

melissa@techtalentsouth.com

KICKASS

Introduce yourself!

Name

Where you're from

Background (coding experience?)

Hobbies

What you hope to get out of the course

OUR NEW HOME

Strongbox west

 

  • Free Parking
  • Full kitchen & break room (downstairs)

  • Arcade (in progress)

  • Spots to work:

    • tables in common room

    • lounge downstairs


class meets for

8 weeks.

It includes

32 sessions.

That breaks down to

96 hours.

Please, please, please, please

 try to be on time to class!

Punishment
for Tardiness
includes:

  • 100 mouth kisses from Jaime's dog, Frankie
     
  • Snarky comments by classmates and instructors
     
  • Public coding challenges

 

Schedule

  • Class & Office Hours
    • Mon-Thu 8am-11am
    • Mon-Thu 11am-2pm
  • Labs
    • Thurs 1-3pm (subject to change)
  • Tours & Guest Speakers
    • TBD - subscribe to TTS Calendar
  • MLK Make-up Day
    • Suggested: Fri 2/21

What we'll cover

  • Web Design
    • ​HTML / CSS
       
  • Programming Logic
    • Ruby
       
  • Web App Development
    • Ruby on Rails

SYllabus

Week 1:
Rails Intro, HTML & CSS

Week 2: 
Programming with Ruby

WeekS 3 - 6: 

Building Rails Applications

(Travel, Blog, Twitter, Store)

Weeks 7 - 8: 
Final Projects

Tools

  • Slack 
    • For group messaging/code sharing
    • Download at: slack.com
    • Look for an invitation to the group: winter15-full-time
  • Chrome
    • Our preferred web browser
    • Download at: chrome.com
  • Sublime Text 2

Get Involved

  • ATLRUG 
    • Atlanta Ruby Users Group
    • meetup.com/atlantaruby
  • Rails Girls
    • Rails Girls Meetup Group
    • meetup.com/Rails-Girls-Atlanta
  • TTS
    • Tech Talent South Meetup Group
    • meetup.com/Tech-Talent-South-Atlanta

Environment Setup

This is a set of step-by-step instructions for installing Ruby, Rails, and other important tools on Mac, Windows, or Linux computers. Originally developed for the Railsbridge Workshops, it is a community-supported open-source documentation project. 

Installfest

Zero to deploy

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