GitHub covered in Thursday's bootcamp session

[Johnson, James]

Hi all

Just a quick note to advertise that session six of the Astronomy Department's Python bootcamp (this Thursday, May 18 from 2-4 PM) will cover usage of GitHub. This is a topic that has shown up in career development workshops in the past. We'll cover what GitHub repositories are, how to set them up, how to make changes to them, branching (i.e., storing the same files but in different states), and a short primer on GitHub websites. We welcome participation from everyone, regardless of career stage!

Why learn how to use GitHub?
The majority of astronomers and physicists eventually leave academia for data science or related positions in the private sector. In academia, strong skills with version control tools like GitHub are not uncommon, but also not the norm. In the private sector, these skills are expected, especially so if your position involves collaborating with others on code. If you plan to leave academia, or are considering doing so, then those future employers will likely view these skills as entry-level requirements. Within academia, GitHub is still an extremely powerful tool, though I'll name just one example scenario that many of us can relate to: among other things, GitHub by nature acts as a backup of all of your files. If you ever accidentally delete weeks' worth of progress from your computer (or more painfully, months'), all of your work up to your last upload is still alive and well on GitHub!

Happy coding!
James

James W. Johnson
Presidential Fellow
The Ohio State University
Department of Astronomy
4011 McPherson Laboratory
140 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210
Website: https://jamesjohnson.space
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