: Pyladies Kampala Coderetreat
Coderetreat
Time: (East Africa Time/Nairobi)
Host: Pyladies Kampala
Facilitator: Christian Hujer, Eva Nanyonga
Location: Online
Overview
Imagine a day writing code just for the love of writing it beautifully! A day without the office pressures of "getting things done" … a day just focused on practicing the art of writing clean, lean, modular, and test-driven code… Welcome to the Global Day of Coderetreat, an annual global event where passionate programmers come together to hone their skills.
GDCR 2020 will be held on the 6th and 7th of November 2020 across many cities around the world… and will involve many many programmers world wide.
This link gives an idea of what a typical Coderetreat Day looks like… and we will be following a similar structure on the day.
- Have your laptop/workstation prepared with your favorite language and IDE installed.
- Code in any language of your choice.
Agenda
Note: The agenda might be changed spontaneously if needed.
| Start | Duration | End | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 30 mins | 10:00 | Introduction |
| 10:00 | 45 mins | 10:45 | Code Session 1 |
| 10:45 | 30 mins | 11:15 | Retrospective, Breakfast |
| 11:15 | 45 mins | 12:00 | Code Session 2 |
| 12:00 | 15 mins | 12:15 | Retrospective, Break |
| 12:15 | 45 mins | 13:00 | Code Session 3 |
| 13:00 | 60 mins | 14:00 | Retrospective, Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | 45 mins | 14:45 | Code Session 4 |
| 14:45 | 15 mins | 15:00 | Retrospective, Break |
| 15:00 | 45 mins | 15:45 | Code Session 5 |
| 14:45 | 15 mins | 16:00 | Retrospective, Tea Break |
| 16:00 | 45 mins | 16:45 | Code Session 6 |
| 16:45 | 45 mins | 17:30 | Retrospective, Close-Up |
Enjoy the opportunity to pair with many different developers throughout the day, using many different languages of your choices.
Want to join? A registration link will appear here soon.
FAQ
- Are there any prerequisites for joining this coderetreat?
- Yes: You should want to join the coderetreat, and you should love programming. That's it. No matter whether you're a greenhorn or an old stager, everyone is welcome.
- What programming language will be used?
- You can use any programming language you like. Typical choices include C, C#, C++, Clojure, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Scala. If you like, you can also use more exotic languages, like Prolog.
Because this event is hosted by Pyladies Kampala, we expect that participants will be most comfortable with Python. - Do I have to pay for participation?
- Of course not! It's a coderetreat!