Company
Date Published
Author
Elizabeth Barron
Word count
335
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Patchwork Boulder is an upcoming hack night event on Tuesday, August 18, designed for beginners to learn Git and GitHub through a hands-on, self-directed workshop hosted at GitHub's Boulder, CO office. The informal event will feature GitHub staff and local community mentors to assist participants in completing the Hello World tutorial, creating their first open source project, and achieving their first merged Pull Request, with no prior coding experience required. Attendees will enjoy a casual atmosphere with opportunities for networking, hacking, and snacking, and will leave with newfound confidence to engage with the open source community. Mentors are encouraged to join and share their expertise with newcomers. The event requires an RSVP and a pre-existing GitHub account, and offers food and refreshments, with accommodations for those with food allergies and accessibility needs.