Friendly GitHub Introduction - Schedule

Here’s the roadmap for the workshop on 21st April 2017

13:00 - 13:15 Postit session

• An interactive discussion on:
  • What do you do for version control at the moment?
  • What do you want to learn about git and GitHub?

13:15 - 13:20 Welcome, code of conduct and learning objectives

• Presentation: Hello & Welcome
• Take a moment to read through the Mozilla Science Lab’s code of conduct
• Learning objectives
  • By the end of the course you should know:
    • What is version control, and why is it crucial for research?
    • Git and github; what is the difference?
    • Why git is not just for programmers.
  • And you should be able to:
    • Create a git repository for your project.
    • Collaborate and share your projects with others using GitHub.
    • Work on your project locally and push changes to GitHub.
• Resources * README * webpage * etherpad

13:20 - 13:30: Introduction to version control with git and github

• Presentation: Github - What, Why & Welcome
  • What is version control?
  • Using git and GitHub
  • Glossary

13:30 - 14:00: Exercise 1: Set up your first project

• Create your first repository in GitHub
  • Instructions: Exercise 1: My first repo
  • Ask as many questions as you need! Either in person or on the etherpad

14:00 - 14:15: break

14:15 - 14:30: Working collaboratively with GitHub

• Presentation: Working collaboratively with github
  • Collaborators
  • Fork
  • Pull request

14:30 - 14:45: Exercise 2: Your first pull request

• Work in pairs to submit your first pull request to your partner’s repository (and then switch places and merge your partners request!)
  • Instructions: Exercise 2: My first pull request
  • Ask as many questions as you need! Either in person or on the etherpad

14:45 - 15:00: Working locally using git

• Presentation: Github desktop essentials
  • Edit using local tools
  • Push to “the cloud”
  • Revert to a previous version

15:00 - 15:45: Exercise 3: Sync your GitHub repository to your laptop

• Sync your repo to your laptop then push a commit
  • Instructions at Exercise 3: Working locally
  • Ask as many questions as you need! Either in person or on the etherpad

15:45 - 16:00: More things you can do with GitHub

• Presentation: More things you can do with GitHub
  • Lead your own open source project
  • Host a project website

16:00 - 17:00: Freetime to play & ask questions

• Ask us questions, add more commits, set up a website. Whatever works for you.
• Complete the post workshop survey.