Name: Hacktoberfest in-person open source bootcamp
Start: 2022-10-08T09:30:00-07:00
End: 2022-10-09T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Microsoft Reactor Redmond

Welcome to Hacktoberfest 2022! Hacktoberfest encourages people all over the world to give back to the open-source community by completing pull/merge requests, participating in events, and donating to open-source projects.

If you are new to open source, join us for this free in-person 2 day workshop to grow your GitHub skills, learn about open source, and make your first open source software contribution as a part of Hacktoberfest.

Day 1: Saturday, October 8th
Introduction to Git and GitHub

Start your open source journey by learning about Git and GitHub. Get signed up for a GitHub account, then learn all the basic concepts including repos, cloning, forking, committing code, issues, and raising pull requests.

Breakfast - 9:30AM
Event start - 10:00AM
Event end - 3:00PM

Day 2: Sunday, October 9th
Get started with open source

This day focuses on open source. Learn from experts about what open source is, and how you can contribute. Discover how making open source contributions can help your career, and learn how to discover communities and get involved.

Finally have a go at making your first open source contribution to a public project as part of Hacktoberfest!

Breakfast - 9:30AM
Event start - 10:00AM
Event end - 3:00PM

Speakers
To be confirmed later

Irina Yefimov

Microsoft Reactor Redmond

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Technology

Software Development

New Technology

Cloud Computing

Geeks & Nerds

Technology Startups

Startup Businesses

Computer Programming

Entrepreneurship

Artificial Intelligence