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Courses
  • Introduction to Frontend
    A beginner's guide to web terminology, site architecture, and development processes. This class will focus on the design of simple websites in HTML and CSS, and provide a functional introduction to programming within the JavaScript language.
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    beginner
  • Development with Rails
    An in-depth look at the Rails framework for Ruby. This class will cover advanced topics in web development, including MVC architectures, collaborative version control, deployment, and ORM patterns.
    Includes case-study with the creator of Yale BlueBook.
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    advanced
  • Introduction to iOS
    This course will be taught as a series of discrete workshops, covering topics in Objective-C, the X-Code environment, UX, and common mobile design patterns.
    Includes case-study with the creator of the YDN app.
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    varies by workshop
  • Advanced Node.js
    An advanced seminar on web development in Node.JS. This course will dive deeply into Javascript, while also covering deployment, version tracking, and MongoDB.
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About

HackYale is the Yale University branch of HackUniversity, a platform dedicated to helping college students learn technical skill-sets. HackYale is student-run and provided completely free-of-charge. The program continues the open-source mentality that has enriched the development community for decades. Structured around lectures and workshops offered by top programmers on campus, HackYale adopts the viewpoint that the best resource for students learning to code is ultimately students themselves.

By offering their time and expertise, student lecturers have the opportunity to take leadership positions in the development community on campus. In turn, their students become the lecturers of future semesters. To learn more, please sign up for the HackYale email list, or email team@hackyale.com.

Team
  • Will Gaybrick
    Co-director, YLS '12
    Since transitioning from The Blackstone Group to the world of technology startups three years ago, Will has been an engineer at several companies including Hunch, Jumo, and Milewise. Currently, he is an investor and engineer at Thrive Capital, a NYC based venture capital and private equity firm, and a 3L at YLS. He enjoys piano, math, and combing his hair.
     
  • Bay Gross
    Co-director, YC '13
    Bay has been developing web applications for over two years, most recently through his role as a co-founder at Amicus. He enjoys the internet, backpacking, and a nice pair of slacks. When pressed to choose a profile picture, he elected for one that made it look like he could sail. He cannot.
     
  • Miles Grimshaw
    Co-director, YC'13
    Miles isn't a coder (yet), but he has been hustlin' and learning about the tech game ever since he interned at Matrix Partners, an early stage VC firm in Boston. He is an avid TEDster and curator of this year's inaugural TEDxYale. He enjoys traveling, new adventures, and spending time with his siblings. He's always eager to meet awesome people, so if you're awesome, please drop him a line: miles at hackyale dot com.
     
  • Brennan Moore
    Co-director, Hacker-at-large
    Brennan is a NYC based web designer and developer. Currently, he is helping Art.sy revolutionize the worlds of gallery and museum artwork. Previously, he was the head of front-end development and design at Jumo, and, before that, he was a researcher MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. On the design side, Brennan worked at Modernista, where he developed campaigns for such clients as Product(RED) and the Gates Foundation. He likes Yerba Mate and taking pictures of things.
     
  • Max Pommier, YC'14
    Design, Brand
    Max has been tinkering with design for awhile now, in its various graphic, brand, layout, print, web, theatrical, production, intelligent, and non-intelligent shapes. He is rather fond of long nights on Photoshop, misusing idioms, and eating banana peppers for breakfast.
     
  • Charlie Croom
    Rails Instructor, Windows Ambassador, YC'12
    Charlie has worked on a variety of personal and professional web projects over the past 10 years using both PHP and Ruby on Rails. Along the way, he has contributed to various open-source libraries, and learned that = != ==. He is currently a co-founder at Amicus and BlueBook. When he's not surfing the interwebs, he takes pictures, makes jokes, and occasionally sleeps.
     
  • Zack Reneau-Wedeen
    Front-end Wiz, Token Athlete, YC'14
    Zack only got into web development this past summer, but has since taken much interest in it, becoming a co-founder at onTapp and CTO of Appraisers Advantage. Besides things technological, he enjoys playing soccer, the beach, PG-rated movies starring Martin Lawrence, and the theory of evolution. Favorite keyboard-side snack: hot tea and a stalk of raw rhubarb; most overheard phrase: "I suppose..."; biggest pet peeve: american cheese.
     
  • Jared Shenson
    Front-end, design, YC'12
    Jared has been crafting beautiful pixels for more than five years. Currently, he spearheads design and front-end development as co-founder of Bluebook, while also attempting to make waves in the non-profit world (ReadySetLaunch, The Future Project). He loves a good typeface, clean lines and succinct code. Master of CSS and Javascript, with a side of Ruby.
     
  • Caroline Lester
    Community & Outreach
    Caroline is all about the ladies. Specifically, ladies in entrepreneurship. At just six years old, she began innovating, problem-solving, and noticing when niche markets should be explored (her lemonade stand outside the entrance to the Ryder Cup made tens of dollars). Since then, she's branched out of the service industry, and most recently researched for both the Sloan School and The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. Interests include gender equality, chocolate, and skiing.
     
  • Daniel Tahara
    iOS, YC'14
    Ever since he swallowed the red pill last spring, Daniel has dedicated his time to developing awesome software and learning just how far we can go with modern technology. Although his primary expertise is in C (with Python next on the docket), he recently taught himself Objective-C and developed an iPhone app for the Yale Daily News. He is excited to work on similar projects this coming semester as he discovers just how far the rabbit hole goes. Oh yea, and lest he forget -- he loves to run, pun, and cook.
     
  • Brandon Jackson
    iOS, YC'13
    Brandon has six years of experience building apps and designing user interfaces. He is currently making cities more efficient (as mobile developer at SeeClickFix), encouraging neighbors to share with each other (as co-founder of GiftFlow) and researching what makes robots seem self-aware (at the Yale Social Robotics Lab). He is fluent in PHP, JavaScript, SQL and typography. For fun he enjoys cycling, minimalist design and exploring.
     
This organization is administered by Yale students, and Yale University neither endorses nor is responsible for its program and actions.
Photo Credit: Kat Lau '13