According to their own website, "GitHub is where over 65 million developers shape the future of software, together."

Are you struggling to move your projects off of Codecademy?
Maybe you've wanted to move your projects to GitHub, but you don't know where to start?

Join us for a presentation from Autobooks software engineer Josh Klimaszewski, who will teach us the basics of GitHub. We're going to talk about  branches, forks, pull requests, merges, and more!

Friendly reminder to create your GitHub account as well as download their software before the meeting. Refer to the FAQ for links and additional information. 

FAQs:

Is this event free? Yes!

Do I need to set anything up on my computer beforehand? Yes! You'll want to create your GitHub account(https://github.com/signup?source=login) as well as download their software(https://desktop.github.com/). All of which is free!  You'll also want to take a minute to setup GitHub on your IDE. If you're a VS Code loyalist, here's a helpful link (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/github). Don't worry if you can't get this all done before the meetup. We'll make sure to help you as best as we can. In addtion you will want to download Node.js on your computer.      

I don't have much experience, can I still participate? Yes! All experience levels are welcome.

Is it ok to join the event late? Yes! You can join the event up to 30 minutes after it begins. You may also join a few minutes early if you wish.

Do I need to be a Codecademy pro member to attend this event? No! The challenge will be hosted on a different website that will be provided to you. However, you may need to register an email on the challenge site.

Will the speaker have time to review my projects on GitHub? No, sorry, we will be focusing on questions that will benefit all attendees.