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=== Slides ===
* slides here: http://railsbridge.github.com/workshop
* slides for the intro programming section: http://railsbridge.github.com/workshop/programming_intro.html
* source for slides here: http://github.com/railsbridge/workshop/tree/master
* Contact Sarah Allen (sarah _at_ ultrasaurus _dot_ com) and send your github name if you want to be a collaborator.  Or just fork the github project and send a pull request when you've made changes.

=== Ruby Language ===
==== for programmers ====
* quick session on Ruby language for the people who already know programming
** basic syntax
** everything is an object
** everything returns something
** open classes
** blocks
** symbols
** http://gist.github.com/190567
** http://betterexplained.com/articles/starting-ruby-on-rails-what-i-wish-i-knew/

==== Total beginner's guide to programming (Novice group only) ====
* What's a program? Operating system?
* What's a framework? 
** something that makes it faster to build an application because it contains most of the things you would commonly write
* Workflow - how do you write a program?
** Learn about customer's requirements -> translate to "stories"
** Pick a story that seems doable and start writing code that does it
** Show your work to the customer, get feedback
** Based on feedback, adjust stories (customer's "up front" requirements vs. changes once they see something working)
** Once story is finished, go back to "pick a story"...keep going until you're done! (This is an example of looping!)
* alternate [[programming intro]]
* Basic programming structures - or, how to do the "start writing code" step
** variables - words that hold information
** types of information - text, numbers, collections
** operators - doing stuff with variables
** loops - doing the same action a bunch of times
** printing - to the screen, or to a file
* Writing a simple program
** opening the editor
** opening the command line
** adding two numbers together, storing in a variable
** printing variable to the screen
** save and run



=== Rails Curriculum ===
* [[Workshop Curriculum]] (for instructors)
* [[Rails Curriculum]] (for participants)