Good job on hosting the workshop! It was so informative!

Chelsea Yang
high school workshop participant, USA

I thought everything in the hackathon [HackBytes 2022] was well organized and you had an abundance of resources for everyone!

Arky Li
high school hackathon competitor, USA

The workshop and slides was very informative and was explained in a very simple yet efficient way. The overall experience was amazing. It was a great starting point for someone who is just beginning to enter web development. The workshop was interactive and helpful, overall a great experience.

Kareesa Rao
college workshop participant, United Arab Emirates

The hackathon [HackBytes 2022] was good as we got to connect with mentors and fellow participants.

Anonymous
hackathon competitor

I really appreciated how each of the aspects was broken down into digestible pieces. Showing where to find information was also valuable. The atmosphere was welcoming and beginner-friendly, and I can see how it could spark the interest of girls and women! And lots of awesome resources, love it! This was my first Bytes and Pieces workshop and I can't wait for more!

Raissa Kuzer
college workshop participant, Brazil

The hackathon experience was absolutely wonderful- what I liked most was how beginners friendly the hackathon was. And what I liked best about the hackathon was how it encouraged us to develop solutions on social issues which helped in making me more aware of the issues prevailing in our society and at the same time helped me in honing my [coding] skills.

Anonymous
college hackathon competitor, India

I liked how our mentor explained the terms and asked if we had any questions throughout the workshop. Overall I liked this workshop! I’m new to coding but it was interesting for me to learn about the basics of JavaScript. I also liked how this workshop allowed people to ask questions if they had any!

Laura Cencer
high school workshop participant, USA

I attended the Java workshop- I’m quite familiar with Java, but I just wanted to see how it was being taught. I liked that the instructor kept it simple and engaging. As a mentor, I tried to look out for any questions from the participants. It was nice to see engagement from the participants. Those are the two aspects of the hackathon that I found useful from the participant’s perspective.

Aadit Kamat
hackathon mentor, Singapore

"I found the syntax of JavaScript really helpful as I never saw it before. I also found exploration of JavaScript in real time using VisualCode Studio. I liked the clarification by the workshop host. I found using a common code editor also really helpful to understand that you don’t need a big fancy editor. The workshop was really helpful especially for someone who never had knowledge of JavaScript before.

Jahin Zashim
high school workshop participant, USA

My favorite part of the hackathon is coding [my project] and what I liked best about our hackathon is the community involved. My hackathon experience was pretty good as I felt like I had enough time to complete what I wanted. Something valuable I learned from attending HackBytes is learning how a hackathon works.

Vivek Narayana
high school hackathon competitor, USA

The example websites shown and the explanation of flexboxes were the most useful. Our mentor did a great job covering different elements, showing examples and answering questions. The workshop had a natural flow and you could see she was well-informed. The resources and tips provided along the way were also very helpful.

Maryann Nwude
high school workshop participant, USA

I really enjoyed how professional and experienced the hackathon hosting team seemed. I liked that the prizes catered to different categories (social cause hack, hobby/extracurricular hack) instead of the usual 1st, 2nd and 3rd. My favorite part was that the hackathon was not themed, so I could choose a topic to cater to my learning and strengths.

Grant Hough
high school hackathon competitor, USA

I think that the most useful aspect of the workshop was the example websites that were used to help explain certain parts of code. I also think that sharing the slides after the class is over is very useful in helping us to create our own projects outside of the class. I think that this workshop was very helpful and educational. I like the teaching style in which we were shown pieces of code and how they work within a functioning website.

Izzy Cyncewicz
high school workshop participant, USA