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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  
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Event Organizer

Erin Winter