Programming 101

First Talk given at RailsGirls Vienna, January 19th 2013. Updated for Rails Girls Zurich 2015

Transcript

1. 2TQITCOOKPI
   
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2. THIS TALK TRIES TO
   ✔ BE GENTLE FOR NEWCOMERS
   ✔ PREPARE YOU FOR THE THINGS
   TO COME
   ✔ IMPRESS YOU WITH MY SLIDES
   ✔ GIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW &
   

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3. 6QFC[ņU/GPW
   ❧ Table for two at “Le Web”
   ❧ Meet the Chef
   ❧ Tools & Cooking gear
   ❧ Your Apprenticeship
   ❧ Q’s & A’s
   

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4. ➤ Why am I here today?
   Introduction
   

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5. WHY ARE
   YOU HERE?
   NEW TO
   PROGRAMMING CREATING IS FUN
   THEY WERE RIGHT!
   

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6. WHY AM I HERE?
   RAILS GIRLS ZURICH
   2012 LOVED IT
   GOT INVITED
   BACK AGAIN
   STARTED TO LIKE
   COACHING
   

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7. WHO ARE
   YOU ANYWAY?
   

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8. theminimalistcoder.com
   

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9. Daniel Me
   

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10. kurato.fm
    

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11. ➤ How does the Internet work?
    Table for two at “Le Web”
    Le Web
    

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12. THE
    INTERNET
    BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
    +PVGTPGV
    

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13. I KNOW!
    

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14. “The Internet is a global system of interconnected
    computer networks that use the standard Internet
    protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users
    worldwide.”
    - Wikipedia
    

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15. JUST TWO COMPUTERS
    TALKING TO EACH OTHER
    Well,
    hello there
    Good day to you
    good sir
    

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16. CLIENT & SERVER
    WE USE FANCY NAMES
    

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17. CLIENT INTERNET SERVER
    BROWSER
    THE INTERNET
    BETWEEN THEM SITS
    there
    

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18. CUSTOMER WAITER CHEF
    MENU
    RESTAURANT
    IT’S LIKE IN A
    

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19. You tell the WAITER that you would like
    a DISH by pointing on the MENU.
    The WAITER delivers your request to
    the CHEF. He starts preparing your
    DISH and then sends it back through
    the WAITER again.
    RESTAURANT
    SCENARIO
    

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20. You tell the INTERNET that you would
    like a PAGE by pointing in the
    BROWSER. The INTERNET delivers your
    request to the SERVER. It starts
    preparing your PAGE and then sends it
    back through the INTERNET again.
    INTERNET
    SCENARIO
    

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21. ➤ What is a Web Application?
    Meet the Chef
    

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22. WEB APPS
    ACT LIKE
    %JGHU
    BASICALLY...
    

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23. WEB APPLICATIONS &
    CHEFS
    ✔ TAKE REQUESTS
    ✔ DO SOMETHING WITH THEM
    ✔ SEND THE RESULTS BACK
    

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24. AT THE BEGINNING...
    ...PAGES WERE MOSTLYSTATIC
    

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25. MORE
    Dynamic
    NOWADAYS
    

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26. WHAT DOES
    THAT MEAN
    ?
    

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27. ...SEND ADDITIONAL
    INFORMATION WITH
    YOUR REQUEST
    YOU CAN ALSO...
    

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28. SALAD, BUT NO
    CROUTONS
    SOMETHING LIKE...
    NO SESAME
    SEEDS
    MORE BACON,
    LESS VEGGIES
    

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29. RETWEET THIS
    TWEET
    …TRANSLATES (roughly) INTO…
    ADDRESSES SORTED
    BY MIDDLE NAME
    DECLINE MY
    MOM’S
    FRIEND REQUEST
    

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30. WEB APPS
    ACT LIKE
    %JGHU
    AGAIN...
    ...AND YOU TELL THEM
    HOW THEY SHOULD BEHAVE
    

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31. CREATING
    A WEB APP
    IS JUST LIKE
    %QQMKPI
    (kinda…)
    

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32. ➤ Frameworks and Programming languages
    Tools & Cooking Gear
    

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33. SIMILAR
    COOKING &
    CREATING WEB-APPS
    =
    (In a way)
    

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34. SPECIFICATION
    THE RECIPE Grandma
    

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35. FRAMEWORK
    THE COOKING SET Stai
    5QWR5GV
    

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36. MAKE SUSHI
    SUSHI SET
    MAKE FONDUE
    FONDUE SET
    MAKE GRANDMAS SPECIAL RECIPE
    YOUR SET
    Stai
    5GV:
    

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37. MAKE WEB APPS
    RAILS FRAMEWORK
    MAKE IPHONE APPS
    COCOA-TOUCH FRAMEWORK
    COLLECTING CAT
    PICTURES
    YOUR OWN FRAMEWORK
    

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38. LIBRARY
    THE TOOL
    

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39. KNIFE
    FOR CUTTING
    SPOON
    FOR SPOONING
    PEELER
    FOR PEELING
    

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40. DEVISE
    USER CREATION & MANAGEMENT
    ACTIVE RECORD
    TALKING TO DIFFERENT DATABASES
    PAPERCLIP
    UPLOADING FILES
    

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41. LIBRARIES HAVE
    TO BE BUILT...
    

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42. ...JUST LIKE
    COOKING
    TOOLS
    

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43. RAILS
    RUBY
    WHEN WE
    BUILD FOR
    WE USE
    6JGTGHQTG
    4WD[QP
    4CKNU
    

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44. LIBRARIES = GEMS
    IN RUBY
    

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45. RUBY IS
    AWESOME!
    

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46. RECAP
    Iron
    nugget
    HOW?
    COOKING CODING
    

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47. WHAT ABOUT THE
    INGREDIENTS
    ?
    

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48. Y O U R
    INGREDIENTS ARE
    IDEAS
    

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49. DON’T HAVE ONE?
    

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50. PAIN
    LISTEN TO YOUR
    and make
    it go
    away
    

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51. PROBLEMS
    SOLVE YOUR OWN
    ...at first
    

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52. THAT EXCITES YOU
    BUILD SOMETHING
    

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53. ➤ Software is eating the world
    Why should I learn all this stuff?
    

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54. NEWS
    SOFTWARE
    IS THE FUTURE
    

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55. WHY
    SOFTWARE
    IS EATING
    THE
    WORLD
    GOOGLE
    AMAZON
    TWITTER
    EBAY
    YAHOO
    GITHUB
    HEROKU
    APPLE
    MICROSOFT
    

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56. ➤ Today & Future
    Your Apprenticeship!
    

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57. TODAY YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT
    ✔ THE RUBY LANGUAGE
    ✔ HOW TO CREATE WEB APPS
    ✔ THE NEXT STEPS ON YOUR JOURNEY
    ✔ THE RAILS FRAMEWORK
    

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58. AND BECOME
    CREATORS
    YOU WILL STOP CONSUMING...
    

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59. HAVE FUN
    REMEMBER...
    

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60. DON’T TAKE
    THINGS TOO
    SERIOUS
    AND...
    

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61. THEY DEPEND
    ON YOUR
    FEEDBACK
    COACHES ARE HUMANS TOO
    

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62. LAST
    WORDS
    

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63. SWGUVKQPU!
    

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64. rodrigo@codegestalt.com
    theminimalistcoder.com
    Thank You!
    

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