1-2 December 2017

Applications are not available for this event.

Event Details

Sponsor host

The venue for Rails Girls London
1-2 December 2017
is kindly provided by
Deliveroo.
Venue address:
Deliveroo (The River Building), 1 Cousin Lane, London, EC4R 3TE

About the workshop

Want to learn to code? We can teach you, and we do this for free πŸ˜ƒ
All, to make technology more approachable for women.

How it works:

Rails Girls London is an event (well actually it's a hands on workshop!), that runs over a day and a half, Friday evening, from 18:30 (we finish around 21:30) and Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00. To understand how we split the time of the event you can see the timetable below.

We are now expanded to 300 people per event! That is around 110 coaches and 190 students ( you can imagine how much networking one can do with that πŸ˜‰ ).
Students come from all kinds of professions, backgrounds and even countries, yes, amazingly people fly over to UK just for our event (a lot of times we even get coaches coming from different countries just for this, we love you guys!).

Our coaches, are all volunteers, in their day to day jobs they are all software engineers, working hard on making all that awesomeness you see online. You can see list of coaches are coming to the event below. We are adding new ones every day, so check again after. Some of our coaches have attended Rails Girls London as students at some point, since then they got a job as a developer, and now they come back to teach others πŸ˜ƒ

At the event, we put students in pairs, and assign them a coach. Dont panic, we make sure that the two students in a pair are of the same level. And no, you dont need to have any previous knowledge of programming. Your coach will explain everything starting from the basics. By the end of the workshop you will have your own website online (and you will have that proud feeling of achievement probably as well) πŸ˜ƒ

And to make this all is even more awesome, we have amazing support from our sponsors! Thanks to them, we can make this all happen, and have beautiful comfortable venues, full catering and the cool goodies (you'll see what we mean). You can see the list of our sponsors below, and talk to them all at the event, they are incredible!

Got a question?

We are always happy to answer it!
We have multiple channels and many awesome people to help you.

Join Rails Girls London on:

Friday - Installation Party

18:30 - 21:15 Installing Ruby on Rails & Dinner

The goal of this evening is to install Ruby on Rails for you, and get you fully prepared for the next day workshop.
We call Friday evening a party because its going to be fun, there will be loads of networking, getting to know your fellow students and coaches, sharing pizza and drinks, and of course a DJ, you'll regret it if you miss it!
Bring your laptop!

Please note: We kindly ask you to be present both days.

Saturday - Workshop

9:00 - 9:45 Registration & Coffee

Saturday is the hands on workshop day.
We kick off in the morning by having a breakfast and loads of coffee (you will need it, it's gonna be a lot of brain work on this day πŸ˜ƒ)
Light breakfast - (we cater for all dietary restrictions, just make sure to tell us what you don't eat in the application form)

9:45 - 11:00 Welcome & Sponsor presentations

We'll let you know the schedule for the day.
Our sponsors will introduce themselves and do brief presentations for the attendees.
We will then split everyone into pairs and assign you a coach to proceed with the workshop.

11:00 - 12:30 Introduction to Ruby on Rails.

Practise coding with ruby.github.io/TryRuby Kickstart your first web application on Rails with guides.railsgirls.com/app

12:30 - 13:10 Lightning Talks

Our coaches, will do a set of presentations on their experiences and knowledge in the software engineering world. We make sure this is a great mix of people with various knowledge and expertise in development, so you will hear a range short and exciting talks from juniors to seniors.

13:10 - 14:30 Lunch

We cater for all needs, please don't forget to mention your dietary restrictions in the application form.

14:30 - 17:45 Extend your website

Continue working on your application with your coach. We set aside this time to really get your head around how to code and make your app what you want. Takes a lot of concentration, but it's super fun, and we provide sugar and coffee to help you power through that (obviously πŸ˜ƒ )

17:45 - late Afterparty

Mingling with all the participants. We go for drinks at a local pub to celebrate the successful learning day :)

Our Sponsors

Organisers & Coaches

Maria Khait
@mariakhait
Kinga Koren
@kingakoren
Charlie Allen
@tinywarriorfox
Zoe Nolan
@zoe_nolan
Mark Taylor
@zoodor
Tony Marklove
@TonyMarklove
Raul Gracia Lario
@raulgracialario
Maloney Liu
@_malones_
Anna Yanova
@yan0va
Alex Mellor
Aga Kowalczuk
Louis Pilfold
@louispilfold
Mike Marshall
@TheITGeekCom
Francesco Grammatico
Christopher Hooks
@kyristopher
Alkesh Vaghmaria
@alkesh
Josh Simpson
@J0shSimpson
Yuri Zhuravel
@yurizhuravel
Van Le
@vannio
Siddharth Vadgama
@siddvee
Alicia Beylan
@abeylann
Elaine Osbourn
@kittylainey
Funmi Adewodu
@funmmi
Nikesh Ashar
@nikeshashar
Maria Stylianou
@marsty5
Clair Griffiths
@codingwithclair
Kate Gleeson
Minno Dang
@minhngocd
Fred Cheung
@fglc2
Ju Liu
@arkh4m
Ella Schofield
@EllaNancyFay
Masha Cernivec
Carmen LΓ³pez
@arowanda
Nuno Costa
@nunoc0sta
Emily Woods
@emilyw113
Tasmin Steer
Raniero Russo
Marija Mandić
@marijamdc
Phil Lee
@asmega
Anson Kelly
@ansonkelly
Merve Taner
@merve_codes
Elliott Hilaire
@elliotthilaire
Amy Hilaire
@AmyHilaire
Dominic Cleal
@domcleal
Jessica Ete
@kohrVid
HervΓ© Ahleung
@hag974
Reemma Muthal Puredath
@reemmapuredath
Ivan Bakalov
@DeltaXTime
Charlie Hawker
@CharlieHawker
Matt Blewitt
@mashd
Thao Vo
@ttthao_vo
Tom Chislett
@khaitu
Rob Murray
@U_20BF
Kevin Dew
@el_kev
Karen Fielding
@fielding_karen
Jakub Adler
@GCKrusader
Wilson Silva
@wilsonsilva90
Kaitlyn Tierney
@krtierney
Yulia Litvinchuk
@yu999lee
Sophie Rimington-Pounder
Joanna Kostaki
Shoniwa Marovatsanga
@thisisSHOIII
Claudio Carmeli
@claudiocarmeli
Patrick Sinclair
@metade
Pablo Brasero
@pablobm
Dan Kim
@dankimio
Dante Tsang
@dantetwc
Jack Oddy
@jackoddy
George Good
@george_good
Paul Woestelandt
@pwoestelandt
Andy Pearson
@andypearson
Emma Barnes
@has_many_books
David Aldridge
@databasesponge
Sara O'Connor
@saramoohead
Alexis Poirier
@_AlexisPoirier
Ricardo Perez
@ricardoperez
Natalia Oskina
@Curl_N
Minu Batish
@ThoughtfulMinu
Adrian Booth
@Adrian1707
Kriselda Rabino
@krissygoround
Steve Rabino
@steverabino
Troy Harris
@TroyHarrisOz
Zhanelya Subebayeva
Tomas Basham
@tomasbasham
Laura Wilson
@wilslau
John Small
@jds340
Praveena Fernandes
@praveenasekhar
Barbara Slawinska
@b_slawinska
Jack Kenlay
Asta Bevainyte
@astux7
Chris Radford
@chrisradford
Joe Xie
Mathilda Thompson
@mathildathompso
Daniel Chambers
@hoodsuphopehigh
Duncan Stuart
@dgmstuart
Anthony Dmitriyev
@antstorm
Josh McMillan
@jshmc
Nik Wakelin
@nikz
Henry Dowding
@henrydowding
Chuen Leik Low
Mike Wagg
@mikewagg
Stephen Lloyd
@stephen_lloyd
Jade Dickinson
@_jadedickinson
Timothy Scott
@timstott5
Jared Evans
@jarede
Chi-Ting Leung
@chitingleung
Lukas Nimm
@numbluk
Tobias Hale
@ThatTobMate
Rita Sijelmass
@ritasijelmass
Gareth Adams
@garethadams
Akash Bhalla
@akashb
Joao Lopes
Tim Craft
@timcraft
Marco Vanali
Tim Tosi
Yann Marquet
@SpdCdFactory
Elia Bardashevich
@elibardashevich
Faheem Mughal