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What makes a good beginner open source issue?
November 20, 2015 Kriszta Matyi open-source, software, contributions, beginners, git, github
Tips for project maintainers: how to create welcoming issues for first-time contributors. Small tasks, clear context, and responsive guidance matter.
uncodebar, a codebar unconference
October 18, 2015 Kriszta Matyi unconference, uncodebar, codebar, events
A day dedicated to our community: talks on D3.js, Docker, regex, and even Taylor Swift Driven Development. Community-driven learning at its best.
Bournemouth codebar
September 8, 2015 Kimberley Cook bournemouth, chapters, UK
Announcing our new Bournemouth chapter: a vibrant tech scene meets a beautiful beach. First workshop on October 13th at Folk.
Announcing West London chapter
June 30, 2015 Kimberley Cook, Kriszta Matyi chapters, south-london, west-london, london
London expands to three chapters: Central, South, and now West London. More workshops to make learning to code accessible across the city.
Responsive Day Out 3
June 26, 2015 codebar events, responsive-design, conference
Friday 19th June was a brilliant day, partly because of the glorious sunshine and partly because 12 codebar Brighton students spent the day at the 3rd and final …
Mind the Code
June 17, 2015 codebar mindfulness, events, london, conference
On Saturday 4th June we organised Mind the Code, a day dedicated to mindfulness. Our aim was to run a slightly different event to anything we have ever ran …
Clojurebridge London
May 5, 2015 codebar learn-to-code, become-a-web-developer, software-development, clojure, london, events, conference
On Saturday April 18, Kriszta, Jarkyn, and Denise took part in London’s first-ever Clojurebridge workshop, hosted at uSwitch’s sunny offices in …
Kickstart Your Development Career
March 26, 2015 codebar corporate-partner, learn-to-code, become-a-web-developer, career, events
On the 16th of March 2015 a small group of aspiring developers came together at the GoCardless offices in London for an evening event on how to Kickstart Your …
Bath Ruby Conference 2015
March 22, 2015 Kriszta Matyi learn-to-code, become-a-web-developer, software-development, bath, events, ruby, conference
Highlights from the first Bath Ruby Conference: inspiring talks from Sandi Metz, Katrina Owen, and Saron Yitbarek on learning, legacy code, and supporting each …
Trans*Code London
February 22, 2015 Codebar london, trans-code, events, conference
Supporting Trans*Code: a beginner-friendly hackday bringing together trans, non-binary, and ally coders to build solutions for transgender communities.