Summer of DWYL 2015 >> Portugal

"#Probably the Best Summer of Code, Sun & Fun Experience of my life! Thanks!!" ~ { your name here }

"Great People, Awesome Location, So MUCH to Learn, See & Do! We'll be back again next year!" ~ { your name here }

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Why?

• Escape the city noise/smog, get some sunshine fresh air and tranquility
• Learn how to build software products that solve real problems and people love using!
• Spend time with great people

Who?

Inês, Nelson, Eduardo (Nelson's cousin) and a bunch of awesome people who love to solve challenging real-world problems using code!

What?

A Startup (Ideation, Product Development & Coding) Bootcamp Like No Other!

Location - Sun, Fresh Air & Fresh Food Guaranteed

Batch 1 - July [Saturday 11th July - Friday 24th July (morning)] Mountains, Lake & Forest

A short drive from Porto is the Peneda-Geres National Park. You will be staying in a large lake-side house which catches the sun all morning and has a private patch of grass by the lake.

• Decent Internet
• Hidden amongst trees, a 30 second walk from nature
• 1 minute walk down to the lake
• 20 min walk or 5 min boat ride to shops with essentials (fresh produce, drinks and snacks)
• 1h drive to Porto, the 'capital of the North'

Batch 2 - August [Monday 10th August - Sunday 23rd August] Beach, Pool & Beautiful City

Just outside Lisbon is a Beach Town where the Sun shines and the waves roll in. You will be staying in a large quiet/comfortable apartment with:

• 100Mb Fibre Internet
• Swimming Pool
• 2 min walk from great food (restaurants and fresh produce/super market)
• 5 mins walk from the beach (we have surf boards and wet suits)
• 5 min walk to the Train (Cascais - Lisbon line)
• Access to a car if you want to go on a longer adventure!

Not Just Coding (after/between coding activities)

Food to Write Home (instagram) About

• Field Fresh fruit & Vegetables
• Incredible fresh bread
• Green/fruit smoothies
• Vegan option at every meal
• Fresh line-caught fish & grilled grass-fed beef/lamb (for those who eat it)

Sunshine Guaranteed

The summer in Portugal is "Goldilocks"

Fresh Air

Both locations are next to forests so the air quality is good.

Action Packed or Super Chilled Activities

There are many other awesome activities we can do:

• ALL the Board Games you could ever hope for! [ @iteles to list games? ]
• Snooker, Foosball, Pingpong, Darts, etc (batch 1 only)
• Climbing
• Kayaking
• Yoga/Pilates
• Reading & Relaxing
• Mountain or Quad Biking
• Segways (batch 2 only)
• Quadcopter ("drone") flying (see: dwyl#4)

These will be voted on by the people who join in!

A Lean MVP (Like No Other)

The MVP will be building a discrete (modular) feature for dwyl (Do What You Love!)
the name of the company/app should give you an indication of what the functionality.

There are plenty of time, task, activity tracking apps out there. How many are open-source, revenue funded, customer-lead and extensible?

What You Should Expect

Expect to Learn more in 2 Weeks than a Year of University.

Specifically:

• Guidance & Mentoring at Every Step
• Daily pairing, code review and insights from people who have built some of the most successful apps
• Every line you write will be 100% Open Source so you can refer back to it as portfolio work in the future (*and get nice "green squares" on GitHub)

Short List

• Scalable Test-Driven Real-time Applications (from first principals)
• Mobile first
• Progressive Enhancement (start with Zero JS (SEO-Friendly) up to slick Famous UI)
• Micro/Nano-Service Architecture (small inter-operable pieces)
• Web Components using a micro (4kb) full-stack framework
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Analytics
• Brand Development
• Customer Development
• Multivariate Testing
• Usability Testing with real people

Pre-Trip Reading

• The Mythical Man-Month: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month (why adding more people to a project can make it slower...)