PyLadies Dublin x Go Ireland - Cat from Scratch

🎉 This was our two weeks ago as part of our new PyLadies Dublin Python Workshop Series.

who is the organiser of (a from PyLadies Dublin was our Python support (and me as well 😬).

, who were always welcoming and helpful to the , .

I briefly talked about the origins of PyLadies Dublin, the current team followed by diversity in tech events that are coming up soon as well as CFPs and the . It was highlighted that Financial Aid will be available for those who need it and/or opportunities for them to volunteer and to visit/follow and will take place online every Tuesday (6-7PM) with a member of our team, Millena, who will be online. This is not a teaching session, think of it as a coding session including if you need help if you are stuck on something, want to work on coding exercises, so come join us on discord.

It was Ryan’s turn to get started introducing who will be helping him, Matt (Go) and Mick (Python).

And then what the workshop is about, the objectives and the implementation to write your own ‘cat’.

He shared blank resources to Go and Python

In the midst of workshoppers whispering with each other, and organisers talking amongst themselves while keeping a watchful eye around the room in case of people looking for help, Mick wrote some helpful (with the best marker available) prompts on the whiteboard.

Before Ryan wrapped up, he recommended to check out Coding Challenges by John Crickett if you are learning a new programming language, see

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💟 Here’s to a brilliant 2026 to PyLadies Dublin community, thanks to everyone's who supported us so far!

/// Vicky (PyLadies Dublin)