Merge pull request Code52#73 from shiftkey/saywat

shiftkey-tester · shiftkey-tester · commit f4a171f38e79 · 2012-04-02T04:52:42.000-07:00
Review Say Wat? Post
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-	<h4>Code52 is currently having a <a href="/working-bee.html">working bee</a></h4>
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-	<div class="description">As the next couple of weeks are very busy for some of us - and there's some outstanding work to polishing our existing projects - we're not starting a new project for the moment.</div>
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+	<h4>The latest Code52 project is <a href="/say-wat.html">Say Wat? - a NodeJS experiment</a>
+	</h4>
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+	<div class="description">Say Wat? is an introduction to building NodeJS applications around a simple and fun idea. Details <a href="/say-wat.html">here</a>.</div>
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-		We'll be in and out of the <a href="http://jabbr.net/#/rooms/code52">JabbR</a> room throughout if you'd still like to hang out or help out on something in particular.
+		<p>Want to get involved?</p>
+
+		<ul>
+			<li>Fork the code on <a href="https://github.com/Code52/saywat">GitHub</a></li>
+			<li>Get in touch with the team on <a href="http://jabbr.net/#/rooms/code52">JabbR</a></li>
+			<li>Grab a task from the <a href="https://trello.com/board/saywat/4f7974869bf90505711b92f8">Trello</a> board and get involved!</li>
+		</ul>
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-	<div class="description">Our regularly scheduled programming will return with a new project announcement at <a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120402T22&p1=240">approx. 10pm Sydney time, Monday 2nd April</a>. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://github.com/Code52/">past projects</a> in the meantime!</div>
+	<div class="description">Not interested in this one? We'll announce the next project at <a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120409T22&p1=240">approx. 10pm Sydney time, Monday</a>. You can contribute to our <a href="http://github.com/Code52/">past projects</a> too!</div>
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+permalink: /say-wat.html
+date: 2012-04-02 20:00
+title: "Say Wat?"
+author: "@shiftkey"
+comments: true
+---
+
+After a couple of weeks polishing existing projects  nudging towards new releases, and @shiftkey getting up to [some](http://instagr.am/p/I0MLz8tL5K/) [shenanigans](http://instagr.am/p/IyQNjNtL1X/) at [Codemania](http://codemania.co.nz/) over the weekend, the gang are back and looking for more coding fun.
+
+While we have some significant ideas we want to refine and plan in more details, we have decided to try out something different this week.
+
+### Doing some Readme Driven Development
+
+This idea started out from a conversation over the weekend about how cryptic some Australian lingo can be. A word I'd thrown into a tweet had completely thrown the recipient and they had trouble understanding what I had said.
+
+I started throwing around possible solutions to the problem - urban dictionary came to mind, for example - but the existing solutions didn't quite fit for the scenario.
+
+After mulling over the solution and searching for a cool domain name over drinks, I decided to call it a night and start coding a solution.
+
+[http://sayw.at/](http://sayw.at/) is that starting point.
+
+### Off the reservation
+
+The Code52 guys had done a number of web projects so far this year, but these have been running on .NET. I wanted to push the envelope and try something different for this week.
+
+Enter Node.
+
+Yes, NodeJS is [so hot right now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_hDyfmEw4), so its not like we're doing something very radical. But I know many people are curious about how to get started and how to build an app with Node. 
+
+So we're going to spend a week building a Node app and you can follow along (or even get involved)!
+
+### Get Involved
+
+The project structure has started on [GitHub](https://github.com/Code52/saywat) and the [Trello board](https://trello.com/board/saywat/4f7974869bf90505711b92f8) has some initial tasks which are small enough to be started if people are curious. Got some ideas? There's people in the [JabbR](http://jabbr.net/#/rooms/code52) room to discuss ideas with.
