Festival of Code























Festival of Code

YRS Festival of Code logo.png
The Festival of Code logo

Status Dormant
Frequency Annually
Years active 2009-2015
Organised by Young Rewired State

The Festival of Code was a yearly event organized by Young Rewired State to motivate young coders to "build something awesome".[1] The festival attracted sponsors ranging from the Met Office[2] to Google and SAP.[3]


In 2016, it was announced that year's Festival of Code would be postponed to 2017[4], but the event did not occur in 2017 or in subsequent years.




Contents






  • 1 Format


  • 2 Participants


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Format


The Festival of Code occurred over five days, usually in the last week of July to the first week of August.[5] Between Monday and Thursday, participants took part in the festival through one of 67 local centres across the UK,[6] plus two international centres in Kosovo and Bern.[7] Afterwards, between Friday and Sunday, participants all travel to one location within the UK to present their work from the week. In 2015, the weekend was held in Birmingham's International Convention Centre,[8][9] whereas in 2014 the event was at Plymouth University.[10]



Participants


In 2009, when the event first started, there were only 50 participants attending a weekend at Google's London offices. This number rose to roughly a thousand young people participating across the country, and at the foreign centres.[11]YRS also managed to increase takeup of the event by young female coders from 2% at their first event in 2009, to 30% in 2014.[5]



See also


  • Young Rewired State


References





  1. ^ "Festival of Code". Young Rewired State. Retrieved 4 July 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Festival of Code Sponsors". Young Rewired State. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  3. ^ "Google and SAP to sponsor Festival of Code 2015". Event Magazine. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  4. ^ "The future of Young Rewired State and the Festival of Code". Young Rewired State. Retrieved 11 November 2018.


  5. ^ ab "Festival of Code : What is the Festival?". Young Rewired State. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  6. ^ "Festival of Code Centres". Young Rewired State. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  7. ^ "Festival of Code International Centres". Young Rewired State. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  8. ^ "Young Rewired State Festival of Code heading to Birmingham's ICC". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  9. ^ "Birmingham to host international 'Festival of Code' for young developers". The Drum. Camyx Group. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  10. ^ "YRS FESTIVAL OF CODE 2014". i-DAT.org. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


  11. ^ "One thousand children, one room and a lot of code - welcome to the future". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2015.




External links



  • Official website

  • Young Rewired State

  • Rewired State

  • Hyperlocal




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