ProCodeCG codeMeetUp() #63 – Visual Programming – Animation Nodes

Today, we did some visual programming! Aditia A. Pratama, Blender Trainer and Technical Director of Kampoong Monster Studios showed us how to do it with Animation Nodes 🙂

This is how the nodes look like.

These nodes define loops, transitions, calculation, process, input and output.

This is an example of generating random numbers with animation nodes.

We practically can do anything with this 🙂

We can generate a sequence of movements of random objects with nodes.

This example shows how to create a stack of coins, with random x and y axis. It will stack up more coins if we drag the arrow upward and remove coins if the arrow is going downward.

So at the beginning we just need to create one coin object.

And the set up some nodes to generate more coins.

Once it’s done, we’ll get something like this 🙂

The audience who are lucky to learn so much about animation today! 🙂

ProCodeCG Kids Regular Coding Class 26 March 2016 – Improving Random Searching Algorithm in Python and Logic Gates with RedStone in Minecraft

We have a long holiday this weekend but we kept the class running even with a very few kids 🙂

One thread today was further improving a random search algorithm 🙂 The left one is the improved one and on the right is the original algorithm.

The result is quite satisfying 😉 120 generations vs 12 generations 😀

Another thread was learning logic gates with Minecraft 😉

Gaga is very expert on this, so he explained how it works in front of the class 🙂

Gaga got his own way in explaining things 😉  He knows how to use logic gates!

Ardi is also very good in using RedStone in Minecraft. He is working on creating automatic lights in a tunnel.

This is the circuits Gaga created to make a tunnel with lights inside it that will turn on each time the door is opened.

The lights are on the left and the right side along the tunnel. And will be fired up with a delay so they will not turned on once. This is so cool.

Ardi and Gaga are discussing about their different ways on doing it 🙂

The outside look of Gaga’s tunnel design

And this is the repeater that controls the lighting circuits.

While Faris is busy working on Minecraft ver 1.9 on the main laptop in the front of the class.

Minecraft 1.9 now has Elytra. It has a cape and will let the player to fly 🙂 How awesome 🙂

Then things go ugly when Faris created command block that summons Creeper…

And it just wouldn’t stop!!! Gaga came in rescue and help exploding those creepy creatures 😀

And at the end of the class, Gaga explained in details how to create the automatic tunnel lighting in front of the class, yaaay 🙂

ProCodeCG codeMeetUp() #62 – Be or Not To Be An Entrepreneur

Today, Founder and CEO of GeekHunter, Ken Ratri Iswari, showed us about Be or Not To Be An Entrepreneur 🙂

Ken Ratri Iswari is one of those rare and successful CEO. She got her Bachelor and Master Degree from SBM ITB, both cum laude 🙂 She has impressive professional experiences too, that later are very useful in helping her starting up GeekHunter.

The awesome audience 🙂

If you think girls in IT would look so dull and nerdy, take a look at this one 🙂

After you graduate, what do you want to do? Most will answer that they will get married, or running family business, applying for a job and start up a company.

The fact is that the statistic of unemployment rate for diploma/bachelor degree is very high.

While the entrepreneur rate in Indonesia is very low compared to Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.

The biggest reasons of why Indonesia is lacking of entrepreneur are these

Plus, becoming a founder of startup is a full of stress and pressure. Lots of start up founder committed suicide due of mental breakdown.

So are you sure you want to be an entrepreneur?

#1: you have to be mentally prepared.

#2: you should be able to deal with failures

The most common mental problems of entrepreneur is depression, ADHD and anxiety problems.

Again, are you sure?

#4: change your lifestyle. Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean that you will get cash quickly and immediately become rich and successful.

#5: find your way to survive.

#6: exit plan?

#7: thinking is not enough. do something.

#8: survive a year. minimum.

#9: look around to see if the environment support to you.

The signs that you are not eligible to be an entrepreneur.

Be a dreamer that do!

Brace yourself. And may the force be with you 😀

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This is us! Fully inspired and enlightened! 🙂

As usual, we have lots of discussion and networking after the session 🙂

That’s the point of codeMeetUp()! To attract the tribe with the same vibe, and create good things 😉 Thank you Ken and GeekHunter 🙂

ProCodeCG Kids Regular Coding Class 19 Mar 2016 – Improving Random Guessing Algorithm in Python

Today, as usual we have several threads running in the class 🙂

The main thread is improving our random searching algorithm in Python.

We modified the algorithm to improve the searching so that it will find the target in less iteration.

Other thread is visual programming intro with Minecraft visual coding and Blockly, and quiz code in Python.

Roni is diligently working on his task: Minecraft visual programming and LightBots.

Binar, Malik, Reza, Faris and Aliyah are working on random searching algorithm improvement.

Cinta is catching up on the quiz code. She has lots of ideas about the questions and so excited about the scoring 🙂 Ardi is working on algorithm improvement too while Clarence and Prudence working on their Blockly challenges 🙂

This is Malik helping improving the code live on screen 🙂 He’s a good programmer and debugger 🙂

This one can be a ProCodeCG Captain one day 😉

Cinta needs different version of Python to make the quiz work.

Aliyah is a dilligent and persistence student. Very quiet, but very powerful too 🙂

In our class, kids can learn at their own pace and interests.

Like this one. Working on his own while others working on their own 😉

Prudence and Clarence are nice students too, they keep in track with what should be done in class.

And these two curious minds, are always surprising with their unexpected brilliant ideas 😀 They are working on improving their code in different ways, and then compare the result 😀 Faris is very good in testing 🙂

This is Clarence. He, and his sister Prudence, won’t stop working even after the class ended 😀

Faris testing his work on his computer with Malik’s in progress 😀

And these are some of what we did today 🙂

ProCodeCG codeMeetUp() #61 – Starting Up Your Own Business is Fun

Today we had the CEO of Kinanti Wedding Organizer, Cussi D. Lesmana shared about Starting Up Your Own Business is Fun! Started on 2005, Kinanti is now very prominent and established 🙂

We need to find a reason to do our business.

And also set the perspectives

We had different crowd of audience, there were team from DyCode-X as well 🙂

The definition of entrepreneurship

and its characteristics

Two important thing when you start a business

And the important factors required to be and entrepreneur

Tips on how to survive the business

Don’t worry about making mistakes!

And don’t let obstacles stop you. Ever!

Some portfolios of Kinanti

Questions and answers session

And this is us! 😉 ❤

ProCodeCG Kids Regular Coding Class 12 Mar 2016 – Random Guessing in Python

Today we had the class at Digilife Dago (again) 😉 Every second week of each month we will have class here 😉

We started new topic today: creating a random guess program in Python 🙂

Some of them is still having breakfast 😀

This is the code. It runs random characters to guess words/sentences.

Capt. Anya is working on her assignment while watching over the class 🙂

Azriel, Malik, Faris, Reza start to type the code and they also came up with several idea to improve our previous quiz code 🙂

Gaga is busy too 🙂

Prudence and Clarence are doing their challenges in CodeCombat 😉 They will catch up the class very soon 😉

The air conditioner made us freezing. Gaga grabbed his new ProCodeCG jacket and wear it like this LOL

Faris modified the code to be able to guess more characters, and the guessing going on forever 😀 😀 😀

Faris modified the code being displayed on the screen too, so the other can update theirs too 😉

Faris and Malik is discussing about how to stop the guessing after several steps.

And how to count how many attempts and how many secs does it take for guessing. Faris is comparing two computers performances 😀

This is the result of our code today 😀 😀 😀

Time for lunch! 😉

Farrell is starving, he eats 3 plates of burgers and chickens LOL

Pru and Clarence discussing about things 🙂

While Awa, Capt. Fizhan and Faris are playing some games after the class 🙂

Ardi is waiting to be picked up 🙂

While these ones is still into something 🙂

And this one too. Farrell is planning to create a lunar eclipse simulation 😉

And some screenshots of what we did today 😉

ProCodeCG Sharing to Taruna Bakti Grade 7 Students

Today ProCodeCG shared about “What Does A Coder/Programmer Do” to Grade 7 Students of Taruna Bakti at Digilife Dago 🙂

There were about 34 kids so this room will be packed up! 😉

They arrived and made registration

Some of them very curious about programming, they had some experience with robotics and Arduino. But most of them know programming or “programming” from Minecraft 😀

So glad we had a super big screen so everybody can see what being displayed 🙂

This how they looked when they were watching a video about “coding is magic. it’s some kind of superpower.” 😀

And at the end of the event, there were some challenges, and whoever can finish one level of code, will be given a gift from Telkomsel T-Cash and Simpati 🙂

They had to code in front of their classmates (and being helped and cheered up by others of course 🙂 )

And this is the winners! 😉 ❤

Hoping to see most of them on upcoming ProCodeCG Coding Camp! 😉

ProCodeCG codeMeetUp() #60 – StartUp Failures – Lessons Learned

A VERY important lessons for start ups today! Prof. Budi Rahardjo showed us about StartUp Failures and the Lessons Learned!

1:04. It was raining heavily and there was only one audience so we waited.

The first audience to came up!

Ok the lessons started!

More people showing up.

And more coming

After this we had a long questions and answers session. Feel so sorry for those who didn’t come because we learned about 30 years’ lessons and experience in only 90 minutes!

And you can ask ANYTHING to the EXPERT!!!

StartUp development curve

And this is us 🙂

See you again next week! 🙂

ProCodeCG Kids Regular Coding Class 5 March 2016 -Improving Python Quiz Codes, Problem Solving, Functions and Loops

We continued working on our Python codes, adding button, scoring system and conditional to decide whether someone pass or fail the test 🙂

There was still a few kids in the morning because some arrived later.

Some of them working on lines they missed and add more improvements.

Faris came up with the idea to create essay quiz, and he started downloading different version of Python with Natural Language Processing library 😀

Azriel, like always, prefer to sit on a real chair with a real table 😉

This is Awa. Working on coding on Code Combat on the left computer and Hour of Code on the right computer 😀

Malik was busy improving his code and debugging some errors.

Aliyah was designing a quiz on English (grammars, sentences etc.). She even used her English Lessons Book for reference 😉

We had a newcomer today, this is Prudence, little sister of Clarence, working on algorithms and problem solving using functions with LightBots 😉

And this is Clarence, the brother, working on the same thing 😉 These two kids are very fast!

As can be seen here,  everybody’s got something different to work on! 😉

Like this captain, busy writing her short novel (while reading a novel) 😀

They just wouldn’t stop until they solve the puzzles. Kids never give up! 🙂 ❤

Like this youngest one 🙂 His mother had to wait for a long time until he decided he want to go home 😀

Yes, we had that motorcycle in the class, as a commemoration of one of BCCF Founder that has just passed away, Kang Tegep 😥

This is Reza finishing his own code too 🙂 This guy is very persistence 🙂

We also had some visitors from UK 🙂

Here’s the code, it is now 120 lines 🙂

 

ProCodeCG Attending ID-CERT 8th Annual Meeting – 3 March 2016

Today ProCodeCG attended ID-CERT 8th Annual Meeting. As a startup in coding and information technology, ProCodeCG should aware about computer and internet network incident.

ID-CERT is a technical coordination team regarding to internet network incident in the whole world. Recently, the team is improved by RFC 2350 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2350&gt; and name it as CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team), as mentioned on its website below.

The rundown of the meeting:

Ir. Budi Rahardjo, MSc., PhD. opened the annual event by explaining the history of ID-CERT. Founded in 1998, has done numerous significant act and contribution to incident handling.

ID-CERT regularly doing research, providing helpdesk, and create Incident Monitoring Report occuring in Indonesia. ID-CERT is run by professionals and supported by volunteers.

There were about 80 people attending the meeting. More than last year.

The top 5 Malware Indonesia 2015

Malware Trend 2015

ProCodeCG will incorporate malware awareness into its Kids Coding Class so they will understand clearly which side they should be on. ProCodeCG has been teaching kids about virus and anti-virus, and will keep update them with recent trends and technology so in the future they will be ready to be this nation’s digital troops 😉