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BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
TO “HELLO WORLD”

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Community Engineer at Keen IO
taylor@keen.io
@taylor_atx
TAYLOR BARNETT

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SHORT HISTORY OF
“HELLO WORLD”

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TRANSCENDS HISTORY

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

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PUT SOFTWARE TO
IMMEDIATE USE

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EARLY WINS 🙌

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BEGINNERS HAVE LESS
ACCESS

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BARRIERS

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😨
😨

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1. OVERWHELMING

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“THAT’S IT.”
“JUST READ THE SOURCE CODE.”
“JUST READ THE MANUAL.”

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😅 IS OKAY, BUT 😓 IS NOT

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2. WASTED ENERGY

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SUBLIME TEXT VS ATOM
VISUAL STUDIO VS NETBEANS VS WEBSTORM
ECLIPSE VS NETBEANS VS INTELLIJ
PYCHARM VS SUBLIME TEXT VS ATOM

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3. BAD DOCS

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4. WORKING DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT

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STRATEGIES

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FROM “SIX WAYS TO ACCELERATE TIME
TO FIRST ‘HELLO WORLD’”
1. Make it clear what you do
2. Offer free or trial API access
3. Fast, automated setup
4. Clear, accurate documentation
5. Copious code samples
6. Provide tools

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1. BETTER DOCS

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BETTER QUICKSTART
GUIDES

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BASICS FIRST

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TWILIO

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GITHUB

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SPRING FRAMEWORK

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WORD CHOICE

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COMMON ERRORS

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EXAMPLES

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2. MORE WORKING
PROJECTS

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AUTH0

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MAKE IT EASY
TO EDIT,
DEPLOY, RUN

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3. MORE USER TESTING

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4. BETTER SUPPORT

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CHAT
EMAIL
FORUM
GITHUB
STACKOVERFLOW

35.
“Code is hard.”

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Community Engineer at Keen IO
taylor@keen.io
@taylor_atx
TAYLOR BARNETT