hello girl intro to programming

Hello Girl - Intro to Programming

Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Felicia O’Garro Co-founder of Code Crew Software Engineer + Instructor

Goals + Mission

• Create a community where women can work and learn together regardless of their backgrounds.

• Help women acquire skills needed to achieve personal and professional goals.

• Help women build confidence while picking up a new skill or starting their own company.


Why Programming?


Programming Can Help You:• Builds programs like Facebook, Twitter or the next Big Thing!

• Enhance your current skill set

• Become a Professional Developer

• Start your own business

• Teach/Volunteer

• Think differently


What is Programming?



Recipe or set of instructions for the computer to follow.

Programming Languages• C

• C++

• Objective C / Swift

• JavaScript

• Python

• Ruby

• Java


Let’s Code!!!


• Created by Brendan Eich at Netscape

• Runs in Browser & Server

• Java is not JavaScript!

• Is actually named ECMAScript!


JavaScript

Data TypesHello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Logical Operators Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Variables Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

if/else statementsHello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Arrays Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Loops Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Functions Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Objects Hello Girl | Introductory Programming Workshop

Next Steps


Stay Focused On Your Goal!• Practice coding everyday

• Start a project or work on building an app

• Start a tech blog

• Get a Github account

• Find a mentor and study buddies

• Contribute to open source projects

• Teach what you learned


Resources• Code Crew Curriculum

• Eloquent JavaScript

• Learn to Program

• Codecademy

• Code School

• Treehouse

• Khan Academy

• Udacity


http://codecrew.co/curriculum/

http://eloquentjavascript.net/

https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

http://codecademy.com

https://www.codeschool.com

https://teamtreehouse.com

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

https://www.udacity.com/

Women Groups + Orgs• Women Who Code

• Girls in Tech

• Railsbridge

• PyLadies

• Girl Develop It

• Rails Girls

• Girls Who Code

• Black Girls Code

• League of Women Coders


THANKS MUCH!!!

Felicia O’Garro Co-founder of Code Crew Software Engineer + Instructor
