Promoter – FreeCodeCamp Algarve
Action – FreeCodeCamp Algarve
Description – Free Code Camp is one of the “kits” present in INCoDe.2030, Qualification (Axis 3).
Free Code Camp Algarve is currently composed of 2 study groups. One that meets every Monday at IKEA, Mar Shopping Algarve, and another study group that meets every Thursday at Startup Portimão.
The first group was created by Eduardo Vedes (Civil Engineer) and João Henrique (Clinical lab technician). They both started the group because they got to know Free Code Camp and wanted to change their workspace to become programmers. What became a reality a year and a little after they started the Free Code Camp. Currently Eduardo is Frontend Lead at Piksel Inc and João is a Developer at Turbine Kreuzberg.
The second study group was created by Tiago Fernandes and Jorge Batista, two IT Engineers and entrepreneurs at Startup Portimão, who are promoting the same type of support so that anyone in Portimão and surroundings can learn to program using current technologies.
Both groups are working and bringing together people of different age groups, with different levels of professional experience and even resident and transit foreigners. All these people have gathered and shared experiences, supported the group around learning programming and software development (and to a certain extent also on a personal level).
In addition to the individuals who created the groups, they are also supported by the Geek Sessions developer community and also by UALG students.