[CodeLab 012]: Mon, Jan, 2017

🎉 January 9th, 2017: CodeLab 012 in Session :alembic:

Stand Up 🙌

Who's here: Leigh Ashley Gregory (@realspoon) 🌟 Michael (@michaeljgilmore) 🌟 Grant Sharp (OC Public Works) Nhat Bui Joe Josie Nolan Michelle Huang (@itsmhuang) 🌟 Rob Bijan (@bfazeli) 🌟 Michelle Rodriguez Mohamed (@Ameno-) 🌟 (🌟 = first-timer)

Stand Up 🙌

Gregory is new to Fullerton! A seasoned Java developer, now interested in Python and Open Source. Michael web developer at MEDL Mobile. Here to help! Grant Sharp is a natural resources manager at OC Public Works - here to speak on the Urban Drool Tool project. Nhat is a JS developer. Here to learn and collaborate. Joe has been teaching himself JS for about a year. Josie is getting started on command line, then HTML/CSS. Nolan is a Ruby developer, interested in projects for non-profits and collaborating. Michelle Huang (@itsmhuang) is a front-end developer. 🌟 Rob creates Python tools; working on machine learning. Bijan (@bfazeli) is a CS student, working towards a MS in CS. 🌟 Michelle Rodriguez is a front-end developer; uses Wordpress and is learning JS. Mohamed (@Ameno-) is a JS developer and instructor at Skillshare.🌟

Announcements 📢

2017 Civic Data Projects

Urban Drool Tool

Getting a kick-start on civic projects for 2017: OC Public Works, Moulton Niguel Water District, and the CA Data Collaborative are collaborating to collect and visualize water usage data for the Moulton Niguel Water District.
Interested in collaborating w/ CodeLab to create a front-end website to visualize the data, increase public awareness, and encourage and incentivize residents to reduce unnecessary water usage.
Questions/interested? Contact @leighphan. Stay tuned for more info in Jan!

In the Lab 🔬

Presentation: Grant Sharp, OC Public Works

OC Public Works Open Data Repo: oc.ocpw.arcgis.com
Org also provides environmental resource mgmt, watershed planning for areas impacted by stormwater runoff
OCPW is good at collecting the data, but less experienced at manipulating the data
Data initiative stems from 2016 CA Water Data Challenge: http://waterchallenge.data.ca.gov/
Michael (used to work with Forge 54) & Bijan talked shop on web dev

Demo: PhantomJS

Joe led demo on Phantom JS
Joe, Mohamed, Leigh, Michelle H., Michelle R., Ashley

Pair Programming: Exercism

Michael paired with Bijan and Nolan
Gregory & Rob paired on Python Exercism

Plans for Next Meeting (01/23/2017) + Future 🔮

Stay tuned for more info on the Urban Drool Tool project!

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