JavaScript the Hard Parts: Command, Commit, Collab

Ready to take your first steps into the world of modern development tools?

In this hands-on beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll get comfortable using the terminal, navigating your local file system, and working with Git and GitHub—the essential tools developers use to track changes, collaborate, and build software together.

Guided by a Codesmith instructor, Guided by a Codesmith instructor, you'll create and manage your own GitHub repository, learn essential Git commands, and explore how engineers work together using branches, commits, and pull requests.

What you’ll learn:

• Terminal basics: navigating files and folders.
• Git fundamentals: version control, commits, branching.
• GitHub workflows: pushing code, opening pull requests, merging with confidence.
• How real-world teams collaborate using these tools every day.

Walk away ready to cruise the command line, commit with confidence, push with purpose, and merge without mayhem.

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What else should you know?

• Price: Always free! We believe in making tech education accessible to everyone.
• Engagement: This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions! We love to see our attendees with cameras on.

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We offer free workshops every week to help you learn to code, build your technical communication skills, and land a job as a software engineer. Check them out:

• Intro to Coding: Start with the essentials.
• Intermediate and Advanced Coding: Take your skills to the next level.
• Learn about Codesmith: Get to know our programs.
• Community Coding: Connect, collaborate, and code with others.

Or view the full Codesmith events schedule to find a session that’s right for you.

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In order to maintain a supportive and safe learning environment, all event attendees are required to follow Codesmith's Event Code of Conduct.