JOIN US ON JUNE 1ST @16:30HR FOR A FUN-PACKED INTRO TO CODING WITH CAFE ROBOT - THE FIRST NON-AWKWARD COMPUTER CLUB!
Calling all code newbies! Want to learn the basics with a lot of laughs - and food references - thrown in? Cafe Robot is all about making (creative) coding deliciously fun on a real rollercoaster ride that gets newcomers coding.
You’ll learn how HTML, CSS & JavaScript make websites work, how to ‘talk’ JavaScript to a computer, plus explore, experiment and get all your questions answered while you create some ace drawings with p5.js!
Cafe Robot is run by Valerie, a German Web Developer based in Amsterdam since 2014 who’s passionate about making the tech industry more inviting for newbies.
The need-to-knows
For: English-speaking girls and gender-fluid youth ages 11-14, only 15 participants!
Good to know: This event will take place in English!
Where: Online! A link to the zoom room will be sent out ahead of the course. The coding in an online editor provided by Valerie.
When: Tuesday, June 1 @16:30-18:30
Cost: To attend this event, we kindly ask for a donation that suits what you are able to give (recommended donation: €10)
“Code Cuisine” goes over 2 hours and consists out of four courses:
The Starter: HTML, CSS & JavaScript: How does a website work? What is the role of each of the three? And what does JavaScript actually 'do' on a website?
First Course: JavaScript is a programming language. So just like any other language you learn vocabulary and grammar to communicate with a computer. We'll learn about variables and functions.
Second Course: In order to draw the 'dish of the day', we need a canvas. For this purpose we are using p5.js and its online editor, which allows us to quickly draw cool things. We'll be taking a tour.
The Dessert: Finally, it's drawing time! Based on what we learnt we will now draw the dish of the day by using simple shapes like triangles, rectangles and circles. It’s time to explore, experiment and ask all your questions!
Photo by:Rachel Ecclestone
About me (Valerie!)
Pronouns: She/her
My name is Valerie, I am a German based in Amsterdam and I enjoy making people lol. I work as Full-Stack Engineer for WeTransfer, where I help building and optimising Paste, a web-based tool for making cool presentations.
As technology is in everyone’s life, everybody should be represented in the industry that shapes it. I want to contribute to this cause by making the tech industry more inviting for newbies with a non-technical background, so I started building fun roller coasters that let people slide into coding.
