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2015 Year in Review
January 12, 2016
A look back at an incredible year: 16 chapters, 200+ workshops, 5,000+ RSVPs, and a growing community making tech more accessible.
EuRuKo 2015
December 14, 2015 codebar learn-to-code, codebar, become-a-web-developer, software-development, diversity-and-inclusion, events, ruby, conference
Salzburg and the Sound of Music are traditionally inseparable, but there was little traditional about the sound of music in the Salzburg Congress hall in the …
What makes a good beginner open source issue?
November 20, 2015 Kriszta Matyi open source, software, codebar, 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, codebar, coaches
A day dedicated to our coaches: 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
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 codebar, 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 learn-to-code, codebar, become-a-web-developer, software-development, diversity-and-inclusion, 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 learn-to-code, codebar, become-a-web-developer, software-development, diversity-and-inclusion, mindfulness, events
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, codebar, become-a-web-developer, software-development, diversity-and-inclusion, clojure, workshop
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 learn-to-code, codebar, become-a-web-developer, software-development, diversity-and-inclusion, 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 …