GitHub Desktop: Collaborative Coding for Beginners
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GitHub Desktop: Collaborative Coding for Beginners In-Person
Doing group programming projects for the first time? Want to participate in the open-source software community? Learn the basics of Git and common software development workflows through the GitHub Desktop app in this interactive workshop. This workshop is intended for students with prior programming experience, but no prior experience with Git/GitHub is required. This workshop will be hosted in 220 Deschutes.
Skills covered include:
- Why version control?
- The GitHub platform
- Git workflows: pull, commit, push, repeat
- Software development principles
- Branching, forking
Please bring a laptop with GitHub Desktop installed. This workshop is in-person only; coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.
Have any questions? Contact us.
- Date:
- Monday, April 13, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Deschutes 220
- Branch:
- Knight Library
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students
- Categories:
- Version Control Workshop
Registration has closed.
Event Organizer
Erin Winter