WTF is JavaScript?!?! Talk + Workshop for Beginners with WWC Tokyo & Automattic

Code Chrysalis CTO and Co-Founder Yan will be giving her interactive talk/workshop "WTF is JavaScript." This event is aimed for beginners interested in coding.

By the end of this workshop, you'll get a better understanding of the different building blocks of code and together, read through some code!

Yan will also be talking about her background and how she got into coding, realizations she's had as a software engineer, and also, introducing JavaScript.

There are no prior requirements to attend.

Automattic will provide us with light refreshments!

Please bring pen or pencil. No need for computers.

**This event is conducted together with Women Who Code Tokyo and Automattic.**

このイベントは英語で開催されますが、基本的な英語が分かれば問題ありません！

*TARGET AUDIENCE*

This event is for anyone interested in:
- programming/coding
- software engineering
- JavaScript

No experience required.

*AGENDA*

7:00pm - Registration starts (**We politely ask not to come any earlier as we will be busy setting up**)

7:30pm - Introductions

7:40pm - "WTF is JavaScript"

9:00pm - Q&A + Networking

9:30pm - End

*LOCATION*

Code Chrysalis

*ABOUT THE SPEAKER*

Born in China and raised in Seattle, Yan graduated from Dartmouth College with degrees in Economics and Arabic. After graduation, Yan worked at Bunge Global Agribusiness, a commodities trading house. After a career change into tech, Yan worked as a software engineer at Ayasdi, a leading Silicon Valley machine learning startup, and as an instructor for Hack Reactor's prep course.

Code Chrysalis is Yan's second coding bootcamp--with Hack Reactor, she co-founded and served as CTO of a coding school in Jordan helping refugees in 2016.

*ABOUT AUTOMATTIC*

Want to make the web a better place for more than a billion people each month? Automattic is hiring! Work from wherever you want in the world, on products like WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and more. https://automattic.com/about/

*ABOUT CODE CHRYSALIS*

Code Chrysalis is a 12-week, full-time advanced coding bootcamp located in the heart of Tokyo. See why we are an industry leader in technical education in Japan.

We put on free workshops and events for the community, so please support us by following us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter!

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To find out more about us, please go to our website: https://www.codechrysalis.io

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Code Chrysalis は東京を拠点としながらも、シリコンバレー精神を基盤にした12週間の短期集中型ソフトウェアエンジニア養成学校です。Code Chrysalis についてもっと知りたい方は：https://www.codechrysalis.io を見てみてください！

日本語版ツイッター: https://www.twitter.com/codechrysalisJP

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