Running partners for code

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3 min readOct 25, 2017

In the last newsletter, I announced my excitement/trepidation about the fact that you can now start or join a study group on CodeBuddies.

Since the announcement, here are some study groups that members in the community have started:

Each study group is self-organized, corresponds to a Slack channel on CodeBuddies’ Slack workspace, and contains a 24/7 hangout where group members can meet to chat/silently screenshare without scheduling a hangout in advance.

In addition, on each members’ tab, group members can share their current status with respect to the learning goal(s) of the group.

Screenshot: Share your progress and current status in the study group!

Huge thanks to new contributor Connie for submitting the pull request that implemented this feature, and to distalx for multiple PR reviews.

Screenshot: http://codebuddies.org/study-groups

Of course, we still have improvements to make to the study groups feature; if you have a suggestion for how it could be improved to help learners connect better, feel free to file a Github issue.

Shout-outs (thank-yous?)

  • Shout-out to all the Hacktoberfest contributors, including folks who filed new issues to report bugs or suggest improvements — especially since study groups is still a work in progress.
  • Shout-out to everyone who’s been helping each other on Slack:
Just an example.

In case you’re wondering why you’re getting this email: at some point you signed up for the CodeBuddies Slack.

We’re a free, safe, open-sourced and supportive community entirely backed by independent code learning volunteers.

The website we started building last year to help ourselves meet our learning goals still isn’t completely “done,” but I am incredibly proud of all the work that everyone has contributed so far.

Many thanks to the backers and sponsors on our Open Collective for helping keep this project alive: Vanessa Genneralli, distalx, Al Fougy, codesponsor.io, and pillitiere. And a special thank you to DigitalOcean for sponsoring our web hosting for the next year!

Have a good week,
Linda

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