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Software Engineering Basics for Designers
This event happened on Sat, Apr 24, 2021
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386 Lovely Attendees
386 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Samantha A.
Brooklyn, NY, USA
About this FieldTrip
Have you been curious about learning to code, but not sure where to start?
As a designer, you may already be familiar with some coding concepts like CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, but you’ve never taken the plunge into coding something yourself. You know there are dozens of free resources out there to help you learn, but it all feels so overwhelming!
In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of software engineering from a designer and frontend software engineer who will explain everything in plain words and lots of gifs.
This workshop will help you: • Feel more confident when communicating with software engineers • Decide if learning to code is something you’d like to try in 2021 • Take the first step toward making your designs come to life with code!
About your Host Samantha is a designer and software engineer who lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She’s the founder of https://designerswhocode.club/, a collective that provides support, direction, and learning materials to designers who are interested in taking the plunge into computer programming. She has been writing code since 2018.
She believes that by empowering designers to code, we will build a more interesting, human-centered, and equitable world.
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Your Host
Samantha A.
Brooklyn, NY, USA
About Samantha A.
Attendees
Shara Rosenbalm
Digital product designer at Dialexa.
Danai Batskou
Multidisciplinary artist at Dobydb.uk.
Sean Terry
Education and Training Specialist at Anthology.
Sunayana Reddy
Corporate Communications Leader at Access Healthcare.
Lucia Saman
Creative Art Director.
Felisha Jones
Self-care Activist & Brand Strategist.
Mandy McCarthy
Cartoonist and illustrator, novice concertina player, tinkerer and maker of all sorts.
Kori Price
Product Manager | Photographer at Kori Price Photography.
emily schleier
UX Designer at Solstice.
Kindra Knight
Design Strategist at Duke Energy.
Jackie Law
Product Designer.
Megan Schaeffer
Laurel Wilson
Architect at Arcstudio, StudioProduct + Creative Bainbridge.
Suzie Bird
Creative Team Leader at Virginia Housing.
Robert Crocker
Data Visualization Coach at Viz Simply.
Sarah Norman
Digital Marketer.
Ronald Walcott
Director at Arts Collaborative Central.
Rainbeau Tharp
Director of Art + Photo + Video.
Yumiko Dunton
Data Analyst.
Bronwen Eide
Graphic / Web Designer at Bergamot Aroma Ecards.
How to make the most of FieldTrips
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Show up fully
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Stay curious
Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!
Celebrate your host
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Support each other
We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.
Not vibing?
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