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Resources for IT-interested refugees in the Cologne area

Events & user groups

Great calendar for many tech events in Cologne: https://hacken.in/koeln

User groups:

• Ruby: http://www.colognerb.de/
• .NET: http://dnug-koeln.de/
• Javascript: http://colognejs.de/
• Mobile (iOS, Android, ...): http://www.mobilecologne.de/
• DevHouse Friday (general programming and nerd culture) http://www.meetup.com/de-DE/DevHouseFriday-Chillout/
• Webmontag (Web, Tech, Netzpolitik, ...) http://webmontag-koeln.de/

Local companies, organisations

Companies/oraganisations that might offer internships:

C#/.NET

• http://cleverbridge.com
• http://controlexpert.com

Universities etc.

• https://kiron.university/ free, online university especially for Refugees

• https://www.th-koeln.de/

• https://www.h-brs.de/en Hochschule Rhein-Sieg (Bonn)

Online learning resources

Some general tutorials (different languages available):

• http://code.org/learn
• http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/index.htm
• https://www.freecodecamp.com
  Community to learn code for different languages; strong github integration; CodeReview and PairProgramming via Gitter/ Screenhero available

Java

Good basic intro:

• https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/learn-java.html

Ruby

• http://tryruby.org

Python

Currently there is an online course for python running, maybe it is still possible to join. It is target for kids and is in german: https://open.hpi.de/courses/pythonjunior2015

E-books

Free books on different programming languages for downloads (some rather exotic): https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md

General resources for refugees

• http://refugee-guides.soup.io/
• http://www.workeer.de/ job board for refugees in Germany [German]