Report::

Rails Girls Brussels

::7-8 February

2014

On Friday evening we had

installation party.

All the software had to be ready so the next day

we start on time!

15 coaches had a dinner on

Friday evening

The reservation was made on “Rails Girls”, so the waiter was a bit disappointed to see 14 guys instead of, the expected, 14 girls :)

P.S. We had a girl coach too ;)

After setting the pace of the day, we started with two presentations on web applications and front-end tools.

And then we started to code!

Every coach assisted 2-3 girls

during the journey.

We had 5 lightning talks from coaches, all aiming to

give more insights

regarding their learning curve.

ARTE TV Berlin was all day long with

us

Nice balance between coding, talks and more personal time with the coaches and other girls. Not just about Rails, but about coding, learning how to code and coping with difficulties in general. Incredibly inspiring people, among the coaches and the participants.

Esther

I'd say that it was a great event to break the biases the non tech people have about coding.

Angela

Awesome!

Beautiful people, great introduction to the ruby on rails, tons of positive emotions :)

Eva

The atmosphere was very enthusiastic. Wao, 1 coach per 2 students ! These guys really do believe that more women need to become coders!

Agnez

A workshop / get-together for women of all ages and backgrounds where you will get hands-on experience on the basics of making a web page.

Annika

When we asked girls to

describe the workshop, they

replied...

Tweets from our coaches

after the event

Statistics

74 applications32 participants15 coaches8 sponsors6 full-time organizers

250 stickers247 pictures120 croissants100 sandwiches70 coffees

Futureplans

Study groups every month

A more advanced Rails

Girls event in 2-3 months

THANK YOU for your support!