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title: OpenTechSchool - Javascript for Beginners
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date: 26.05.2014 15:15
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2 month ago I coached at OpenTechSchool's [HTML & CSS for Absolute Beginners][htmlfab] workshop.
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This weekend I once again helped at one of their workshops, this time [Javascript for Absolute Beginners][jsfab].
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What should I say? It was again a great experience. It were less learners this time,
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but the ones that attended where very motivated and eager to learn new things.
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The material ([Day 1][day1], [Day 2][day2]) was again provided by the OpenTechSchool movement and also translated into German.
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After just the first day, there were already great programs implemented, e.g. [a star system, with rotating planets and moons][planets].
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The second day was a little less packed, but again all attendees worked their way through the material,
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asking interesting question and I did my best to answer them.
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But sometimes I couldn't and needed help from the other coaches or even a quick online search to give a correct answer.
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(Would you know how to describe the difference between `null` and `undefined` in Javascript in about 1-2 sentences to a first-time programer?)
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This time there was a small lottery. The [winner][bookwin] already blogged about his experience:
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[Cool JavaScript stuff I learned at the Open TechSchool workshop][dimsav].
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For this lottery I hacked a small and completely fair(!) winner-picker with the same tools/code also available to the learners.
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As requested the code is [available online in a gist][winner-picker].
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A big thanks again to the organizers of the [OpenTechSchool Dortmund Team][otsdo]!
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Spread the word, attend meetups and workshops and use the chance to coach!
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[jsfab]: http://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-dortmund/events/174124162/
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[htmlfab]: /2014/04/01/opentechschool-learn-new-things/
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[dimsav]: http://dimsav.com/blog/11/cool-javascript-stuff-i-learned-at-the-open-techschool-workshop
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[day1]: http://opentechschool.github.io/js-beginners-day1/index_de.html
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[day2]: http://opentechschool.github.io/js-beginners-day2/index_de.html
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[winner-picker]: https://gist.github.com/badboy/dac7e1e0bf749320397d
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[bookwin]: https://twitter.com/dimsav/status/470538981265133568
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[planets]: https://vine.co/v/MwnlTWgz2P2
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[otsdo]: http://www.opentechschool.org/dortmund/
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