I thought this was a really good tutorial, and also a very good example of how to write a tutorial. It covers everything from how to get the software, including git and a text editor. This kind of stuff is very helpful for getting absolute beginners onboard.
Is this supposed to be designed for female programmers? If so what makes it specific to women?
Nothing? But it’s made by an organization called “Django Girls”.
Following the link gets us this (emphasis mine):
To me, it looks like they created high quality approachable documentation as material for their workshops, to further their goal of bringing women into tech. “Designed with empathy” probably means it avoids using exclusive language, anecdotes, analogies, and so on. So less “designed for female programmers” and more “doesn’t assume programmers are typically male.”
Otherwise, nothing. I don’t reckon a bunch of women were about to write the “Django Bros Tutorial.”
As others have said, the tutorial name just comes from the organisation.
It’s notable in that it is tutorial meant for people with 0 knowledge and possible contact issues with computers.
Also, FWIW, the “Girls” name for those organisations (coming from “Rails Girls” is widely regarded a mistake now. The chapter I help out with (Rails Girls Berlin) has recently renamed into “Code Curious”. Turns out that grown women don’t feel spoken to by “Girls”.
This is a cultural thing, by which I mean there are women in the US, at least, who are older than I am (34) who wouldn’t be troubled by being called “girls” or would actively appreciate it as a sign of informality.
It’s not that people saw it insulting or something, we had a lot of people that just didn’t feel addressed at first contact! The amount of people we found passing on the project on first contact for the reason that they thought it was for people under 18 was notable.
Interestingly, the US version (and precursor) of Rails Girls is called RailsBridge for reasons of not typecasting.
It’s a thing to write books about :D. I’m quite interested how Code Curious turns out. RG is quite a successful brand, which is lost in the process.
Shameless plug for an overview of what one of these events can look like: https://zapier.com/blog/django-girls-workshop/