Why Code Reviews Are Great Learning Tools

Why Code Reviews Are Great Learning Tools

Code reviews are a good way to make sure (or at least, somewhat more sure) that crappy or buggy code does not make its way to production. But, code reviews are also a terrific way to consolidate your learning. Here's why!

Start of our Berlin Summer Batch – Free Workshops!

Start of our Berlin Summer Batch – Free Workshops!

Today we are onboarding our learners, who, from Monday onwards will be occupying our space here at Wooga, where they will learn about technologies ranging from Node to Robotics. And, for those who could not be a part of this batch we will host some free talks and workshops!

Win one of three tickets to OTSConf

Win one of three tickets to OTSConf

Hackership gives away three tickets to OTSConf 2015 on August 15th in Dortmund. Learn all details about the conference and how to enter the competition in this blog post

Coaching at Hackership

Coaching at Hackership

We often get asked what is needed to become a coach and what sort of time commitment is involved... In brief: Everyone involved shares in common that they are passionate about helping and training others, exploring new territories, love learning themselves and leave their ego at the door. Hackership exists due to the amazing and voluntary contributions of our community.

Our Berlin Home for this Summer!

Our Berlin Home for this Summer!

The birds are singing, the flowers are in full bloom and Berlin has just about recovered from the serious amounts of eating, drinking and dancing that took place at Karneval der Kulturen this weekend. So now seems like the perfect time to announce our venue location for this Summer...

To write great code you must first read great code – our reading list

To write great code you must first read great code – our reading list

You become a better writer by reading great works and writing, a lot. This is as true for writing code as it is for writing books. Whether you consider it a craft, art or skill, to become better at writing code you need to excercise (i.e. write code!) and you need to study. And there is no better way to study how to program, how to design and structure programs, how to build architectures and name things, than by reading others peoples code. Unfortunately there is a lot of bad code out there. Here is our list of a few great code resources to read and learn from.

'Dancing Git' – How To Explain Git In Depth

'Dancing Git' – How To Explain Git In Depth

Ever tried teaching the inner workings of Git to other developers? It can get pretty messy, if not confusing. We came up with a somewhat unorthodox approach that has learners dance Git. Wait what? Did you say DANCE Git? Yes. We did. Here's what such a workshop looks like and how you can host your own!

Building a work space in Costa Rica

Building a work space in Costa Rica

Construction of our work space in Costa Rica offically started and we could not be more excited! Together with our local partner, Silicon Beach, we are creating the Sky Office. A huge, open-air, work space overlooking the tropical rainforest and the ocean.