Ever wondered what this thing called GitHub is and why webmappers are all about it? Scratched your head and thought ‘how the fork do I make a repo’? Wanna branch out and commit to a new issue? Are you thinking those last sentences sound like gibberish? You won’t after you’ve come to our next Maptime meetup!
GitHub is a platform for hosting and collaborating on projects. You don’t have to worry about losing data on your hard drive or managing a project across multiple computers — sync from anywhere. Most importantly, GitHub is a collaborative and asynchronous workflow for building software better, together.
Our next meetup is on Tuesday February 17th. Maptimer @Amr is teaching us what we need to know about GitHub and how we can use it in our mapmaking (Thanks Amr)!
Before you arrive, make a GitHub account (the free version is good enough for us) and install it (google “download github for your OS”) on your machine, so that you’re ready to go.
Remember to bring your own computer, and as always, beginners are very welcome!
what - GitHub Intro
where - BC Libraries Cooperative, 605 Robson Street, Suite 850
date - February 17th
time - 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
One of us will be down in the lobby to swipe you in until 6.15, but if you arrive after that, tweet us @maptimeYVR, or send us an email maptimeYVR@gmail.com and we will come down to let you in.