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15 May 2017
#WeRise with #WomenWhoCode at #Connect17
On April 29 Autodesk Forge had the pleasure of participating in the Connect 2017 Women Who Code conference at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. We had packed classes with great engagement and lots of questions. It wouldn’t have been possible without the Women Who Code team, the attendees, and the following women at Autodesk:
For those that didn’t get to attend, this blog post has the session recaps, including links to videos, slides, and code samples.
Session 1: Make your own Pokédex with the Pokéapi & Node/Express!
For those unfamiliar with the world of Pokémon, a Pokédex is an encyclopedia containing metadata (such as names, skills, and evolutions) about the hundreds of monsters that inhabit the Pokémon universe. In this workshop, Hannaha Lee and Lauryn Porte showed attendees how to use the extensive dataset from Pokéapi to create their own Pokédex with Node and Express. Lee and Porte covered the fundamentals of APIs and RESTful routes, explaining what they are, why they matter, and how to use them.
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Session 2: Developing 3D Visualization Apps (with a little IoT and Creativity)
Led by Sharmila Phadnis and Shiya Luo, this session showcased Internet of Things (IoT) demos and 3D visualization with the Autodesk Forge Viewer. Sharmila and Shiya described how our customers are leveraging Forge and walked attendees through some code samples.
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Session 3: Harnessing the Power of Customer Feedback
In this age of continuous product releases, customers are global, always connected, and increasingly impatient. As Aradhana Vaidya explained during her session, to stay competitive and deliver features that are relevant, product teams need a continuous feedback loop. The idea is to understand customer needs, identify market trends, and then respond to the input by adjusting requirements, prioritizing, and building again. Vaidya shared how this is being done at Autodesk as the company transitions from a traditional desktop company to offering cloud services.
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