Let's contribute to scikit-learn! Mentored workshop - optional preparation event

PyLadies Berlin are excited to bring you this open source workshop dedicated to setting up your scikit-learn development environment.

scikit-learn is a popular machine learning library and is widely adopted in industry as well as academia. This is a warm-up session for the upcoming workshop, but it is open to anyone who would like to get guidance, even if you won’t attend the workshop. No prior contributing experience required!

By setting up your development environment in advance, you can use the in-person workshop time for finding an issue to work on, and working on a contribution.

In addition, PyLadies Berlin offers regular open source hack events where you can continue to meet and work on your contributions together.

• Format for the session:
First 10 minutes : welcome and introduction
The rest : "office hours" during which you can ask questions and where you'll be supported with setting up a development environment.

• Preparation work
To get the most out of the session, it's encouraged that you check out the following repository and follow the instructions under "1.environment.md" and "2.building.md": https://github.com/scikit-learn-inria-fondation/EuroSciPy22 . You will also find a lot of useful additional information on this page. Please be aware that it could take longer to set up a development environment on ​​a computer running a Windows operating system compared to MacOS or Unix. If you are using Windows, it is recommended to install Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can find instructions on the installation process for example by following the steps described here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install Please note that you should be using WSL 2, and here's how you can upgrade to this version if you have WSL 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install#upgrade-version-from-wsl-1-to-wsl-2

• How to join
We'll be using Discord for this event. Please follow the steps below:
1. Join the scikit-learn Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/4GbqW7vpbS
2. Join the #help-desk-voice channel. This is the channel where we'll be hosting this workshop.

• Audience level
Everyone is welcome to attend this session! If you've never contributed to open source software before, then you will learn how to, and if you have experience contributing, then you can either help mentor other attendees or you can work on more challenging contributions. It is useful to have some scikit-learn, git, and python experience.

• Facilitators
The session will be led by Maren Westermann (PyLadies Berlin, scikit-learn contributor experience team), Adrin Jalali (scikit-learn maintainer), and Guillaume Lemaitre (scikit-learn maintainer), and Stefanie Senger (scikit-learn intern).

• By attending our event, you agree to the PyLadies Code of Conduct:[ https://www.pyladies.com/CodeOfConduct/](https://www.pyladies.com/CodeOfConduct/)

❓ Can men attend ❓
Everyone is welcome. :) If you identify as someone well-represented in open source and in tech, please be mindful of the space and privileges you have, and use it to support others.

• Contact
Interested in speaking at one of our events? Have a good idea for a Meetup? Get in touch with us at berlin@pyladies.com
Find us on the PyLadies Global workspace:
1. https://slackin.pyladies.com enter your email address.
2. Accept the email invitation
3. Go to workspace https://pyladies.slack.com
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