Piedmont Hills Hack Club is an after-school coding club branching from the organization Hack Club. We hold club meetings every Tuesday after seventh period. For more info, check the website at http://phhshackclub.tech.
We try our best to make our meetings similar to mini-hackathons, meaning that each club meeting presents an opportunity to learn and create. You will be leaving each meeting having created something.
On these days, the meeting will consist of a live demo covering workshops provided by Hack Club. Students can work at their own pace; the live demo only serves to give the students an idea of what the process of coding is. Of course, these activities are optional; more experienced members can spend these meetings working on their projects.
This is the main purpose of being in this club. Our goal isn't to teach our members to code, our purpose is to give members the knowledge and fundamentals to use in the making of their projects. After all, the best coders aren't good because they learn from classroom lectures, but because they get their hands dirty by coding. So, make something!
Project days will be every club meeting, either during workshop demos or whatever remaining time after the demo. Each member will choose a team and pick a topic they want to work on, and will have 2-3 weeks to work on it. Our meetings will only be 1 hour every week, so be sure to work on your project at home too, if you have the time.
Our suggested topics are: programs that solve minute, daily problems; websites that provide services better than the mainstream ones (think of improvements! UI, functionality, etc.); or whatever you deem enjoyable and fun (it can be a game or a meme generator). Your project doesn't have to be something useful, it can be the silliest, most unnecessary idea you can think of. Just build something!
Remember, while we provide the materials for you to get started, we won't be there to guide you every step of the way. Be resourceful; the club leaders are there to help, but you should use Google or Stack Overflow as your primary learning material while working on your projects (don't worry, Googling stuff when you're clueless is what every programmer does).
From jsneak (Hack Club leader at William Fremd High School):
"I learn the most when I start a new project. It's because I have to Google stuff to fulfill the current task I'm working on."
TL;DR: Learn by doing. That's our philosophy.
2-3 months after you start on your projects, we will give one day to finalize everything and prepare for presentations. The meeting after prep day will consist of groups going up and giving a short presentation + a live demo of their project. There is no minimum time required, nor is there a time limit. If you don't want to present in front of the club, it's perfectly fine! These presentations are optional. However, we would prefer club members to show the club leaders their projects + a live demo during prep day if they do not want to present on Presentation Day.
After all projects are presented, you can ship yours to Hack Club's ShipIt! platform, where other Hack Club members around the world can view it! (Note: A GitHub account is required for this).
We don't have requirements for you to join the club, but we suggest at least these prerequisites (some of these are easy enough to learn on your own!), but we will still go over these in the first few meetings anyway:
- Familiar with the GitHub platform
- Access to a personal laptop with permissions to install programs on them
- IDEs, text editors, etc.
- Have a Facebook account
- Info regarding subsequent meetings and events will most likely be announced in our Facebook group
- If you do not have a Facebook, be sure to check our site regularly for updates and announcements!
- Attend Piedmont Hills High School
You can contact me (the guy who handles the site and stuff) at [email protected], or other club members which can be found on the website. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Trina Nguyen, our Club President.