Bridging the Gap for Beginners in Developer Communities@DevRelConTokyo_20170729
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The document outlines a talk by Saku Kinoshita, promoting Teratail, Japan's leading developer Q&A forum, and its initiatives to engage beginner programmers through seminars and workshops. He emphasizes the importance of supporting developers outside their specialty programming languages and shares strategies for conducting effective beginner seminars, including hands-on sessions and lightning talks. Additionally, Saku offers tips for enhancing community involvement and encourages participants to connect and learn from each other.
Bridging the Gap for Beginners in Developer Communities@DevRelConTokyo_20170729
- 1. Bridging the Gap for Beginners in Developer Communities Sponser's Talk by teratail(Japan’s No.1 Developer Q&A Forum!!)
- 3. There is a very important thing I would like to ask you.
- 4. That is ...
- 5. Could you speak slowly when you talk with me?
- 6. Could you speak slowly when you talk with me? I'm not good at listening & speaking in English.
- 7. OK??
- 8. Now I can talk with no worries:)
- 9. about me ■Name: SAKU (Yusaku Kinoshita) ■Role: DevRel & leader of teratail team (planning, team building, sales, writing, etc...) ■Like: Snowboarding, Basketball, Three.js, WebAudio ■SNS Twitter：@afroscript10 Facebook：yusaku.kinoshita.58
- 10. Have you heard of teratail?
- 11. teratail is Japan's No.1 online Q&A community for developers. Avarege Answer Time 93％ 1.5h Total Actions /month 17,000 Visiting User /day 50,000 Answer Rate
- 12. teratail has reached all developers in Japan. Monthlty PV/UU (amout of PC&SmartPhone) 2,961,634PV 1,249,299UU
- 14. 75
- 15. 75seminars and workshops held from Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
- 16. 75With a lot of developer communities.
- 17. 75This amount ranks within top 3 in Japan(maybe).
- 18. 75Most of them are for “beginners”.
- 19. 75Beginner ≠ someone new to programming
- 20. 75Beginner = someone learning a language outside of their specialty programming language
- 21. - Today’s topic - Tips on holding seminars for "beginners"
- 22. Why “beginners”?
- 23. Involving “beginners” is important for the growth of developer communities.
- 24. the growth model of developer communities
- 25. Let’s learn this new language! the growth model of developer communities
- 26. OK, let’s study together! the growth model of developer communities
- 27. Count us in! the growth model of developer communities
- 28. core member Count us in! the growth model of developer communities
- 29. We wanna join, too! the growth model of developer communities
- 30. We want more advanced seminars! We wanna join, too! the growth model of developer communities
- 31. This looks like a good place to learn programming languages. the growth model of developer communities
- 32. I think this group is too advanced for me... wall the growth model of developer communities
- 33. The size of our group stopped growing the growth model of developer communities
- 34. High level seminars Seminars for beginners the growth model of developer communities
- 35. the growth model of developer communities High level seminar Seminars for beginners support!!
- 36. Beginners are taught the basics of new programming languages through Hands-on sessions. 3 Phases of the Beginner Seminar at teratail Learning Beginners start building projects using the new language and teratail helps them along the way by answering their questions. Development Beginners solidify their knowledge through preesenting their work in LT(lightning talk) sessions. Presentation
- 37. 9 tips on holding seminars for "beginners"
- 38. 5 tips on hands-on sessions
- 39. Sample of the Hands-on Session Schedule 13:00～13:10 opening talk & self-introduction 13:10～13:40 explanation of the new programming language 13:40～16:00 hands-on coding 16:00～17:10 mokumoku-time 17:10～17:20 sharing-time 17:20～18:00 social gathering
- 40. sample of hands-on session time table 13:00～13:10 opening talk & self-introduction 13:10～13:40 explanation of the new programming language 13:40～16:00 hands-on coding 16:00～17:10 mokumoku-time 17:10～17:20 sharing-time 17:20～18:00 social gathering ② ③ ④ ① ⑤ ongoingtwitterfeed
- 41. No.1 Set up a screen that constantly shows twitter timeline. main screen screen for twitter
- 42. Set up a screen that constantly shows twitter timeline. to make questions being asked transparent and increase efficiency No.1
- 43. Allow time for self-introduction before jumping into hands-on work. No.2
- 44. Allow time for self-introduction before jumping into hands-on work. to let the participants make friends with whom they will learn programming together No.2
- 45. Moku-moku time! No.3 Developing projects using the new language in an absorbed manner.
- 46. Moku-moku time! to continuously develop using the new language No.3 Developing projects using the new language in an absorbed manner.
- 47. Leave time for sharing and discussion! No.4 to reflect & learn from others Time to share knowledge & awareness in hand-on Share knowledge & learning from the hands-on session with group members
- 48. Leave time for sharing and discussion! No.4 Time to share knowledge & awareness in hand-on Share knowledge & learning from the hands-on session with group members
- 49. Invite participants to sign up for lighting talk(LT) sessions. No.5
- 50. Invite participants to sign up for lighting talk(LT) sessions. No.5 To motivate the participants to keep developing! (LT driven development)
- 51. 4 tips on beginner’s LT session
- 52. Lower the bar for the LT sign-up process No.6 <-LT admission for first-timers <-general admission encourage beginners to sign up for presentation <-LT admission for those who have presented before but still consider themselves a beginner in Python
- 53. Lower the bar for the LT sign-up process No.6
- 54. Provide links to previous slides of LT sessions online. No.7
- 55. No.7 To give an idea of the LT level and to lower the bar for signing up as a presenter <-Link to previous LT slides Provide links to previous slides of LT sessions online.
- 56. Set the presentation time to 5 minutes. No.8 to keep it short for first-timers who might be nervous
- 57. Set the presentation time to 5 minutes. No.8
- 58. Invite senior members to give presentations on how to level up No.9 Useful information for beginners & senior members who are more commited to the community.
- 59. Invite senior members to give presentations on how to level up No.9
- 60. 9 tips is all.
- 61. info.
- 62. teratail provides consulting service for marketing to Japanese developers.
- 63. Projects ▼IBM Japan https://teratail.com/Bluemix SAKURA INTERNET ▶ https://teratail.com/sakura-cloud ▲FutureArchitect https://teratail.com/report/1 https://teratail.com/report/2
- 64. If you need advice on marketing your service/product to developers in Japan
- 65. Feel free to come and talk to me!
- 66. But please excuse my poor English and speak slowly.
- 67. Together, let’s change and step up the game of marketing to developers in Japan!