git & GitHub through GitKraken - from Zero to Hero!

5 February 2024 to 6 February 2024 - 09:30-13:00

The Diamond - Computer Room 2 (Floor 2)

RSE Team

All of our events may be recorded and shared via the University of Sheffield Kaltura platform so those who cannot attend may still benefit. We will consider your attendance implict consent to this.

How can we effectively work together on the same code?

This is an introductory course, teaching the git and GitHub skills required to manage research code over it’s development lifecycle. These skills are essential for collaborative research teams.

This event is for University of Sheffield researchers and research students only and must be booked through myDevelopment.

Prerequisite skills: Some programming experience.

Learning Objectives

• Version controlling your own project through Git & GitHub.
• Basic collaboration through forks on GitHub.
• Advanced team collaboration through branches on GitHub.
• Using the GitKraken GUI for a smooth version control experience.

This course will be run in person and you will require a laptop which you can install software on.

We are delighted to be able to make free at point of use training available to the research community, to enable better software and more open, reproducible research. However, free at point of use training is not free. The cost of a course can easily run to thousands of pounds, if preparation costs are taken into account.

If you sign up for a course, please make sure you either attend or cancel your booking. Bookings can be cancelled using myDevelopment or, failing that, by emailing rse@sheffield.ac.uk.

Running courses that are not fully attended wastes our funding (which is provided by taxpayers, charities and students, amongst others) and reduces our collective capacity to improve research outputs and researcher experiences.

Persistent failure to attend booked courses might result in you being excluded from future training opportunities.

More details and registration via myDevelopment.

Please note: This workshop will run over 2 half days from 09:30-13:00 on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th February 2024.

Course material: https://srse-git-github-zero2hero.netlify.app/

Setup: Once registered please go through the Setup Instructions to ensure you have a GitHub account and the necessary software installed.

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