Book Dash GitHub Session

Book Dash GitHub Session#

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# Book Dash, DD Month YYYY - GitHub Session

###### tags: `bookdash YYYY` `month` `event`

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- **Date:** DD Month <--- Update this
- **Time:** 16:00 - 17:00 London time ([in your time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/YYYY-MM-DD/16:00)) <--- Update this
- **Hosts:** (Add name) <--- Update this
- Join Zoom Meeting: (Add link) <--- Update this
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**Before this meeting:**

- Check the [Friendly GitHub Intro](https://kirstiejane.github.io/friendly-github-intro/)

**At this call**
we will give you an optional 1 hour GitHub tutorial:

- Creating a new repository
- Creating a README file
- Writing in Markdown
- Submit changes (to _The Turing Way_) via Pull Request (PR)
- demo: Review PR, Create issue

## Sign up below by adding your name

Name / Institute or affiliation / What specific aspect of GitHub do you find challenging?
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🗣️ Welcome!

- Reminder: [Code of conduct & community participation guidelines](https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/community-handbook/coc.html)
- If you experience or witness unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please report it by contacting the organisers - Malvika and Kirstie. ([theturingway@gmail.com](mailto:theturingway@gmail.com)).

### Roll call

- Name / Icebreaker question: Share something from nature that has awed you or brought you peace recently - perhaps a flower, a view, a photo, a scent, a potted plant, a bird that flew past... 
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🗣️ Introduction to GitHub

- Training materials: https://malvikasharan.github.io/developing_collaborative_document/
- Slides: [Friendly GitHub Intro](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_bmRZcLwQrUkVTAMvq7W_x4ML_aphSwVEnkLrDy-Fd4/edit?usp=sharing)
- Cheatsheet: https://guides.github.com/pdfs/markdown-cheatsheet-online.pdf

**Breakout room task:** 
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**Resources** :

- Useful GitHub resources
  - [GitHub for Collaboration (from Mozilla)](https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/github-for-collaboration/)
  - [Understanding the GitHub workflow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/)
  - [A Friendly Github Intro Workshop (from Danielle Robinson)](https://daniellecrobinson.github.io/friendly-github-intro/)
  - [GitHub help](https://help.github.com/)
  - [Oh Shit, Git!?!](http://ohshitgit.com/)
  - [Try Git](https://try.github.io/)
  - [Git book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)
  - [GitHub glossary](https://github.com/joeyklee/friendly-github-intro/blob/master/glossary.md)
  - [Writing on Github](https://help.github.com/categories/writing-on-github/)
  - [Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet)
  - [Git workflow](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows)
 
**Questions / Comments?**
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**Feedback**

What worked? What did not work? What additional support would you need before or during the Book Dash?

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