Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 1:00:00 PM Online event

Some of you may remember Ben Rogers, who gave several excellent talks before he moved to Norfolk, Virginia. Now that the meetings are virtual, he is available to give talks again. I'll post the title and an abstract shortly. We have an opening for a second speaker. Let me know if you can give a talk for this meeting.

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Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 10:00:00 AM Online event

RSVPs open 10 days before the date of the event.

Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and meet interesting people. We'll begin with brief introductions and an opportunity to talk about what we're each working on. We'll have members available to help beginning Python programmers with language basics and getting Python and related tools installed on their computers. We'll have plenty of time for more advanced topics, too.

Location: Due to the ongoing pandemic, this meetup will be online this month (link will be visible to those who RSVP).

Audience: Everyone! We'll have something for all Python experience levels.

What to bring: A laptop with WiFi and power cord.

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Monday, December 7, 2020 at 8:00:00 PM Online event

*** Please RSVP on Eventbrite to receive an email with your customized webinar link: https://bit.ly/38HCWRG***

With each new JavaScript concept you learn, you will add new features to the game, including keeping track of how many guesses you've had and starting a new game from scratch.

Join us as we teach you how to build a simple guessing game while learning the fundamentals of JavaScript, the most popular programming language.

What you'll learn:
- What is JavaScript
- JavaScript Fundamentals like variable structure, function structure, and data types
- How to use If/Else functions with parameters
- And so much more...

How to join us: Once you register with Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the links to the live webinar from BigMarker. If you do not receive your link, please email virtual@thinkful.com."

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Monday, December 7, 2020 at 7:00:00 PM Online event

https://bit.ly/32NybSS***

Design isn't just an afterthought in tech circles anymore, it truly helps drive the direction of the product or service. But how does a design team help guide the rest of the company in the right direction? By incorporating a design system. A design system is a master collection of the key standardized documentation every company needs to define the overall design of the product.

Incorporating a design system in your company brings lots of tangible value: faster to market times, improved UX and customer satisfaction, better internal communication, and consistency across all products. Join us in this webinar as we continue to discuss why having a design system is so important and gain hands-on experience in creating your own.

What you will learn:

What is a Design System?
Notable Real-World Design Systems
Figma Tips and Best Practices
Creating Our Own System

How to join us: Once you register with Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the links to the live webinar from BigMarker. If you do not receive your link, please email virtual@thinkful.com.

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Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Online event

Register here for the Zoom link to kick off the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdOmgqT4rE9LOv-6yAWLFFZOGKqHgJf1Y

The Zoom link is the same week-to-week, but we ask you to register each week.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: We are taking a hiatus from our in-person Hack Nights as we deal with the implications of COVID-19. We encourage teams to continue project work and to meet virtually from 6:00-8:00pm on Mondays. Our ability to provide pizza and snacks will be compromised, however :).

Individual teams will have access to video breakouts via Zoom. You can use Slack for breakout rooms if you like.

We are also exploring possible projects we could take on to help address this public health emergency. Please email codeforkc@kcdigitaldrive.org if you have any questions or are interested in working on immediate public health-related projects.

Thanks,
Aaron, Paul, and the rest of the Core Team
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Interested in helping the Kansas City area? Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.

Meeting Format

6:00 - Kickoff and Introductions
6:15 - go into breakout rooms
8:00 - Wrap-up

"Pitch Nights," TBD when we have a slot for new project pitches during kickoff;

"Learn Nights," TBD where we have community speakers on civic tech topics from 6:30-7:30pm.

Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.

Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.

Code for KC is a program of KC Digital Drive, a local non-profit whose mission is to make Kansas City a digital leader by developing civic capacity to adapt to technology change. We are the local affiliate in Code for America's Brigade network.

Connect with Us:

• Join our Code for KC email list (http://eepurl.com/7gbQP).

• Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC (http://twitter.com/codeforkc) and @KCDigitalDrive (http://twitter.com/kcdigitaldrive).

Got questions? Email our Brigade Captain, Paul Barham: captain@codeforkc.org or codeforkc@kcdigitaldrive.org.

Code for KC has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone. Code For KC presenters and participants are held to this anti-harassment policy (http://codeforkc.org/hackkc-code-of-conduct).

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Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00:00 PM Online event

TO RSVP AND JOIN THE VIRTUAL EVENT VISIT: https://live.remo.co/e/midwest-devfest

-DETAILS-

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our annual Midwest DevFest 2020!

DevFests are community lead events that are held all over the world where developers can learn, grow, network, and get inspired from experts.

Join developers across the midwest for a fun filled day where we will have several guest speakers give talks relevant to anyone in the tech field, including the latest Google technologies, machine learning, UI/UX design, and more!

This event is FREE!

-SPEAKERS/TOPICS-

[12:00 - 12:10 PM CST] Opening and Introductions
[12:10 - 12:55 PM CST] Don Ward: EdgeAI - AI in the Palm of Your Hand
[1:00 - 1:20 PM CST] Victoria Gonda: Internationalization-ing
[1:30 - 2:15 PM CST] Jennifer Wadella: There are No Snow Days When You Work Remote
[2:30 - 3:15 PM CST] Martin Omander: Growing Your Cloud Application
[3:30 - 4:15 PM CST] Kyle Paul: Serverless Applications with Firebase
[4:45 - 5:00 CST] Virtual Happy Hour/Networking

NOTE: ** TOPICS, SPEAKERS, TIME, and DETAILS are subject to change **

-WHEN-

Friday, December 4, 2020
12:00 PM - 5 PM CST

-WHERE-

This event is online. After you RSVP you can access the link to join the virtual meetup once it starts. Use this link to join virtual event: https://live.remo.co/e/midwest-devfest

This event is organized in partnership with:

- GDG Ann Arbor
- GDG Chicago
- GDG Cloud KC
- GDG Cloud Twin Cities
- GDG Columbia, MO
- GDG Columbus
- GDG Columbus Android
- GDG Detroit
- GDG Grand Rapids
- GDG Kansas City
- GDG Rochester MN
- GDG South Bend-Elkhart
- GDG St Louis
- GDG Twin Cities
- GDG UWM

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Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 1:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop

Join us for and open-ended Sunday of building fun and interesting DIY Electronics Kits.

We have scoured the dark corners of the internet to bring you this selection of kits curated for makes of all ages and skill levels!

Are you a Beginner who is excited to learn the basics? We've got a basic kits that are easy to build and a blast to use! Do you know what your doing but are eager for practice? Come build one of our larger multi-part kits! Are you a soldering god who's looking for a challenge?! Then try your hand at building one of our Surface Mount Soldering Kits!

We meet in the Hammerspace Classroom starting at 1:00pm. You pick the kit you'd like to build from our selection, and our instructors will provide all the instruction, guidance, and assembly hints you need!

---Bring food and drink if you'd like, or even order takeout while you build.---

Young assistants are welcomed and encouraged!

No RSVP is required for MEMBERS of Hammerspace. $5 RSVP for non members, Kit prices vary from $15 to $45 depending on complexity. Cash and Cards accepted during the class.

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