Agendas

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Fourth meeting and subsequent meeting agendas will be under Issues

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Third Meeting Agenda

Where and When

Friday, August 23, 11:00-12:00, in McKeldin 6107
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Notes on this meeting
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Homework Review

• complete the next two Python tutorials:
  • (Strings & Console Output) Including Project: Date and Time
  • Conditionals & Code Flow Including Project: PygLatin
• bring questions and problems
• be prepared to talk through a lesson or problem you had

Guest Speaker

Josh Westgard will share a real-world example of how he has used a Python script

Second Meeting Agenda

Where and When

Wednesday, August 14, 2:30-3:30, in McKeldin 6107
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Homework Review

• create github account (github.com)
• find the UMD Libraries Coding Workshop wiki and "Watch" and "Star" it
• create CodeAcademy account
• complete Python introductory lesson (Python Syntax), all 5 sections
• bring questions and problems

Be prepared to explain a lesson to the group
Tentative: presentation of real-world Python applications

First Meeting Agenda

Where and When

Thursday, August 8, 3:00-4:00
McKeldin 6107
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Introduction

• Genesis of the group (why we're doing this)
• ETDG Discussions, DH Incubator

Format and What We'll Be Doing

• CodeAcademy Lessons

  • Some work at home, some work during workshop
  • Bring questions, ideas, problems to workshop
  • Pace is TBD and will be set by participants

• Python

  • Why??
  • Popular choice among humanists, hobbyists, non-programmers (but also real programmers?)
  • Reasonably easy to learn but also flexible and powerful
  • Well, you just gotta choose somewhere to start!

• Eventually, move away from CodeAcademy to begin work on real-world projects

  • Will discuss IDEs, hosting, Cloud9, Python Notebook...
  • Small groups may form around specific projects

• Other stuff

  • Maybe some guest speakers
  • Presentations of work in progress once we have something
  • We'll see where we end up

Introduction to CodeAcademy

• Have participants create accounts if they have not done so already
• Show CodeAcademy, demo the beginning of a lesson
• There's also a workspace so you can try things on your own
• Other languages available for those interested
• "After School Coding" group and other groups may be of interest

Github and the Web Page

• Github. A place to share code, keep track of versions, collaborate on projects, etc.
• Using as the homepage for the group as well
• Will talk more about it as we progress
• For now, get an account
• You can contribute to the Wiki (Do we add everyone to the organization? Or have people fork and send pull requests? I'm guessing the former...)
• A page for project ideas
• A page for links (has some stuff already--additional stuff on Python, ALA Code Year Support Group, thoughts on learning code)
• Eventually, can share code
• A page for resources we might want to use (thinking, Aleph X-Services documentation, Libguides info on remote scripts and JS, whatever else)

Next Steps

• Determine interest and availability
• Doodle poll
• Get Codeacademy and Github accounts, Star the UMD Coding Workshop Organization/Follow the Web Site repo?)
• What else???