Brigade Leaders Share Free Tools for Projects
Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
–Winston Churchill
On Monday, Brigade project leaders came together from across the network to share how they used popular tools to build their products faster and better.
Watch the video here:
In order of presentation:
- A quick overview of resources that Code for America offers
(starts at 16:55)
On using Mapbox:
- Minh Nguyễn (Mapbox/Code for San Jose) introduces Mapbox (20:49)
- Yan-Yin Choy (Code for San Jose) presents about using Mapbox to build Heart of the Valley (22:48) (View Presentation)
- Carl V. Lewis (Open Savannah) presents about Data Viz tools for Polygons and beyond! (29:13) (View Presentation Notes)
- Here’s how to use Mapbox in your Brigade project.
On using CARTO:
- Kathryn Killebrew (Code for Philly) shows how they used CARTO to help the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission better plan bicycling infrastructure with CyclePhilly. (46:24)
- Will Skora (Open Cleveland) shows how to use the CARTO dashboard to quickly visualize parking lot geometry and slice and dice your data with ease. (53:50)
- Here’s how to use CARTO in your Brigade project.
On using Heroku:
- Luigi Ray-Montanez (Code for Atlanta) on what Heroku is, if it’s right for you, and how to quickly get set up. (1:07:10) (View Presentation)
- Jim Van Fleet (Code for Charlotte) talks about how CityGram has sent over 10 million notifications to inform residents about the nearby happenings in their city with Heroku. (1:17:00) (View Presentation)
- Here’s how to use Heroku in your Brigade project.
Code for America is happy to be able to offer these products for Brigades to use for free though the generosity of the sponsoring companies. So, thanks!
If you know of other products that would be helpful to add to the collection of available tools, please reach out to inkinds@codeforamerica.org!
The next workshop is scheduled for Monday, June 11 at 4:00pm PT / 7:00pm ET. The topic will be announced around the beginning of June. Hope to see you there!
A huge thanks to all the presenters for taking time to share their expertise with the community, and Veronica Young for helping plan and organize the workshop.
