Getting Started with Codespaces & GitHub Actions

After too long a hiatus we are finally back! Join us for the first Aotearoa New Zealand GitHub Meetup of the year at the Microsoft offices in Auckland (or online if you can't make it). The plan is to have two talks on the night, with some pizza and networking beforehand.

Agenda
5:30 - Start of pizza and networking
6:00 - Talk 1
6:30 - Break
6:35 - Talk 2
7:05 - Finish

Please make sure to register for the event as we need to provide contact details to Microsoft for security purposes.

If you have a topic you'd like to present (or hear about) please reach out, or Create an idea in our GitHub Ideas discussion board.

Talk 1: Coding on the Cloud - Getting Started with GitHub Codespaces | Luke Murray, Microsoft MVP and Service Delivery Lead @ HSO
Github Codespaces gives you the full capability of your favourite IDE (Integrated Development Environment) like Visual Studio Code, Jupyter, or JetBrains and an extension, to your web browser. With it, you can develop your applications without needing any dependant service or tool installed or configured locally, giving developers a standard way of working on applications and scripts. Github Codespaces does this by leveraging the power of the Cloud and GitHub to run containers that you can personalize to run your IDE, extensions, and any dependencies that you may need, whether you are a developer needing Python, apache, react, or a devops engineer requiring Bicep and Terraform support, Codespaces is an ideal enabler for our toolkit. Join us as we take a look into Codespaces.

Talk 2: GitHub Actions - 0–100 in 30 minutes | Jerome Brown, Principal Consultant @ Mantel Group
Actions provide the foundation for automation within the GitHub ecosystem. In this introductory session, we will dive into how to get started with Actions, not only for building, testing, and deploying your software, but also to help manage issues and pull requests to increase developer productivity and code quality.