During this summer, I was invited to participate in an
initiative of some trainers to manage "Coding
Gym": a gym to write
algorithms and the related code.
I liked it immediately and I decided to collaborate in
organizing it: it is called Coding Gym and the
first step has been to organize, together with them, the first
meeting here in Turin.
Coding Gym is an international programming lab format open to
any language and developed for continuous improvement. Attendees
("gymmers") work in pair on 3
self-contained challenges, using any programming
language they agree upon. Everything is done in the web
browser, so no need to have SDK or dev tools on your machine.
Coding Gym is not a course but it is arranged
and moderated by one or more trainer. After each
challenge, the Coding Gym trainer opens a discussion and
facilitates a retrospective: gymmers are
encouraged to show solutions they have found. Each solution comes
with discussing and understanding pros, cons and tradeoffs.
Moreover, the trainer could share new solutions and concepts, and
could ask gymmers to discuss about requirements change.
For instance, "what happens if the input of the problem grows
by 100 times?", or "can you solve the problem without
allocating extra space?" Sometimes varying the problem comes
with new opportunities to simplify or complicate the solutions.
For more information, please visit the official website.
Coding Gym events are free. The first one will
be on September 29th at Toolbox.
Slots are limited and registration is
required.
See you soon in the Coding Gym!
