[Open House Day | In-Person] Beginner’s Guide to Coding

This event is part of General Assembly’s Open House Day, a free in-person day event welcoming everyone to our on-campus location in Singapore. Join us to find out all about what General Assembly has to offer in your pursuit of a new tech career. Check out the rest of the series here.

Explore the programming languages that power the web and write your first line of code.

During this Open House Day workshop, explore the building blocks of the web — HTML and CSS — and learn how you can apply these programming languages to develop your own simple sites.

What will the learning experience be like?

• Ask questions and build your network by interacting with fellow classmates and an expert instructor.

• Complete hands-on coursework in a F2F classroom designed to keep you engaged and focused.

• Gain accountability and guidance from your instructor and fellow classmates to help you turn skills into career success.

By writing your own lines of code, you’ll:

• Get a closer look at how the developer community and many different fields benefit from coding knowledge.

• Learn how HTML and CSS function together to form the backbone of the web.

• Cover key coding terms and principles.

• Develop a custom, working web page from scratch.

  Chart your own career path.

Pick up where this workshop leaves off. Design and build a custom site in our mentor-guided HTML, CSS, & Web Design Circuit. Incorporate JavaScript and code dynamic sites in our part-time, on-campus Front-End Web Development workshop. Or, go all-in and become a job-ready developer our 12-week, full-time Web Development workshop, available on campus and online.

• This class is taken on-campus.
• Please bring your personal laptop to use throughout the workshop.
• For those on Windows, you’ll need Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (32- or 64-bit). For those with Macs, you’ll need the Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher, up to 10.11.4 (El Capitan). Upgrade your operating system before class, if needed.
• Basic technical aptitude and orientation to computers, and curiosity to learn new tools.
• NOTE: Some domains block our automated emails, so If you don’t receive any communications from us, please reach out to help@generalassemb.ly and we’ll be happy to help!

Simon loves to structure his thoughts and logical thinking is second nature to him. He sees programming as an extension of a language which he embodies naturally. In this time-pressed world we live in, automation is the solution to tackle the mundane tasks, so that we can all spend our time on more meaningful activities.

With almost 20 years of experience working and sharing his knowledge in this field as an experienced Full Stack Developer and tertiary educator, Simon has deep expertise on languages such as Python, Java, HTML and Javascript. Simon has not only worked on specialised projects but has also shared his knowledge to his students, though his engaging classes.

Simon believes that he has what it takes to help anyone who has a personal interest in programming to grow this knowledge. All they need it is to master the art of logical thinking and the foundation knowledge needed to start a learning journey in this field. He believes that his lessons at the General Assembly will enable you to start your personal journey on programming.