2022-23 FVGCC Schedule Announced

Posted on by MMaki

We are so excited to be back for another year of teaching girls to code! If you are interested in joining us this year and are a high school girl, age 14-18, please contact us at fvgcc12@gmail.com. We will be hosting meetings on Zoom as well as reintroducing some in person meetings at 25N Coworking in Geneva, IL. By hosting Zoom meetings, we are now open to girls everywhere. So, if you are interested in learning to code, contact us! We hope to see you on Zoom at our first meeting on Friday, October 14 at 5:45 pm!

As of now, we are planning for two Zoom meetings per month and one in-person. But, girls can join from Zoom for all meetings. We will continue to monitor Coronavirus rates within our community and make a plan to safely teach our group in a fun and engaging environment whether in person or online!

2022-2023 FVGCC Schedule

October 14 – Welcome meeting with an introduction to Slack

October 21 & 28

November 4, 11, 18

December 2, 9

January 6, 13, 27

February 3, 10, 24

March 3, 10, 17

April 7, 21, 28

May 5 – Last Meeting and farewell to our Seniors!

Document Library Available

Posted on by Dottie

Over the course of our meeting planning and preparation we have developed a series of “How To” documents as reference material for the projects we work on. We are putting these together into our on-line library for easy reference. Starting off, we have documents on Web site development with Glitch and GitHub, Responsive Web Design with Bootstrap, Python Flask for Web Development, and Visual Studio Code for Web Development. We will be adding more and updating along the way.

Go to FVGCC Document LIbrary

2022-2023 FVGCC Schedule Announced

Posted on by MMaki

We are planning for a hybrid schedule of two Zoom meetings and one in-person meeting per month for the 2022-23 school year. With our Zoom capabilities, girls are welcome to join us from anywhere and are welcome to attend all meetings remotely or to participate in the hybrid schedule. Looking forward to seeing you in October!

2022-23 FVGCC Schedule

October 14 – Welcome meeting with an introduction to Slack

October 21 & 28

November 4, 11, 18

December 2 & 9

January 6, 13, 27

February 3, 10, 24

March 3, 10, 17

April 7, 21, 28

May 5 – Last meeting and farewell to our Seniors!

Last FVGCC Meeting for the 2019-2020 school year took place on Zoom. We said farewell to 4 amazing Seniors who will be continuing their educations at Iowa State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Nebraska, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2020-2021 Remote Schedule Announced

October 2 – Welcome! Introduction to Slack and Codesters

October 16 & 23 – Jump into Codesters (Python)

November 6, 13, 20 – Codesters (Python), GitHub, & Intro to Glitch

December 4, 11, 18 – Website UI: HTML & CSS in Glitch

January 8, 15, 22 – Putting it all together: JavaScript & Python in Glitch

February 5, 12, 19

March 5, 12, 19

April 9, 16, 30 – Can we meet in person yet??!!??

May 7 – last meeting and farewell to our Seniors!

March 13, 2020 – Meeting at 25N

Posted on by Robin

This week we will have a mini code-challenge hack!

The Challenge: Build an on-demand analog clock in Codesters.

  • The application should ask the user “What time is it?”
  • The user should be able to type a time in standard 12 hour digital format. Example:  2:34 (am & pm is not necessary)
  • The UI should display an analog clock face with the time requested by the user
  • The application should be able to give feedback when the input is invalid
  • After the analog clock has been displayed, the user should be offered the option to enter another digital time

See you then!

January 24, 2020 -Meeting at 25N

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January 24th meeting cancelled due to weather!  We will follow this agenda for the January 31st meeting

AGENDA & NOTES:

WELCOME/REVIEW

  • Welcome any new members
    • Make sure everyone is signed up in GroupMe, Slack, Codesters, and GitHub
  • Any questions, comments, or ideas from our last meeting?
  • Any additional info/skills/setup needed for members attending Hack For the World hackathon in Naperville on February 1

Set up Mac and Windows laptops for:

  • Python, pip (Python’s package installation manager), and IDLE
    • Practice Python Create a simple Python program using terminal or command window and/or IDLE
    • Practice pip: Use pip to install PyGame and Kivy
  • PyGame:  modules for creating Python games including Sprites, sounds, and more
  • Kivy: framework for creating cross-platform UI in Python
    • Practice: create a simple app in kivy
  • Visual Studio Code: Code editing with rich editing capabilities,including Intellisense, debugging, code snippets, and more
    • Practice: create a simple Python program in VS Code
    • Practice: Edit a PyGame in Visual Studio Code

Instructions for installing all of the above:

More Good Stuff to Try:

Enhanced Python Flask app on Glitch: We previously looked at a simple Python Flask app together that accepted user input for a Dream to add to a list kept in memory. We now have a working prototype that incorporates a Snake game and uses persistent storage to keep a leaderboard in a file https://glitch.com/~rainbow-brie

Classes: Use of Class as a data structure in Python. May demonstrate/practice in Kivy and is also used in the above Python Flask app

Web Sites in VS Code/Connecting VS Code to Glitch: We will not have time to do this as a group during tonight’s meeting, but if anyone is interested in creating/editing/debugging Web sites in Visual Studio Code and/or connecting your Glitch projects to Visual Studio code for editing here is a guide:  Web Sites and Glitch in VS Code

January 10, 2020 – Meeting at 25N

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As we start off our 2020 New Year we will meet at 25N tonight.

Agenda & Notes:

Welcome/Review

New or Continued Topics for Tonight

  • Discuss plans for the Naperville hackathon
    • Hack For the World Web site
    • What type of technology would you like to use?
      • Build a Web site
      • Create a game?
      • Other ?
    • What skills should we practice in preparation?
  • Enhance your Web site with Bootstrap
  • Help with setting up Python environment on laptops as needed/wanted