# GHW Beginners Day 1

To start the year in coding a gave a try to a new event i found called Global Hack Week, the first one of the year being Beginners Week from Jan 5th - 11th 2024, you can find it [here](https://ghw.mlh.io/) as is still on going at the time of writing this post.

## Opening Event

* We started the week with an opening stream with Ryan and Mary.
    
    ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1704757384769/91ffe062-4cb0-49c2-8620-d6418b733ba5.png align="center")
    
* They explained how the week would go divided in streams and challenges.
    
* How we could earn points by attending sessions and completing challenges.
    
* How we could earn swag stickers and get them mailed to us for free.
    
    ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1704757717973/6d179336-1185-4908-88f8-a19f373443b1.png align="center")
    
* How to complete Challenges and that the deadline is next Thursday.
    
* How there are coding challenges but also offers from partners like GoDaddy/Porkbun for free domains or Github for the Edu dev pack.
    

> And i think the most important tip was that you don't have to complete everything or assist to every session.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1704758361322/2000e362-b7c0-4b42-8959-49206b38d890.png align="center")

## My Day 1 Activities

* I redeemed [jfm.wiki](http://jfm.wiki) in porkbun my favorite registrar which right now is a redirect to my notion wiki site.
    
* Completed the address form to get mailed swag.
    
* Completed several smaller challenges like following in social media or joining the discord.
    

## Sessions i attended

* Making Better Hacks, Faster with GitHub Copilot.
    
* Building a Portfolio with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
    
* Building your first iOS App Part 1 with Kary.
    

Where she showed us the inner workings of bulding a affirmations App for iOS.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1704758992951/dd070cb9-dec1-4b47-b245-25a0f0a66150.png align="center")

this was really perfect for my since i'm interested in building iOS apps and gave me a lot of insight and motivation to keep my iOS journey.

---

In summary **a great first day** with a **free domain** and a lot of **interesting content.**

See you in day 2.