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GitHub For Poets - For Engineers

Aaron Suggs
August 22, 2014
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GitHub For Poets - For Engineers

GitHub for Poets is a program to help non-engineer staff understand Kickstarter's engineering processes and contribute code.

Aaron Suggs

August 22, 2014
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  1. What is GitHub for Poets? • 1 hour session open

    to all staff • GitHub Flow in the Browser • Intro to engineering process
  2. Why do G4P? • Staff interested in learning to code

    • #AlwaysBeLearning • Remove Engineering bottleneck • Make Engineering transparent & inclusive
  3. G4P: Howto • Add staff to GitHub org • Talk

    about GitHub Flow • Demonstrate it
  4. Pro Tips™ • Change something conspicuous • Get audience participation

    ASAP (branch name, copy changes) • 8-12 people per session
  5. Pro Tip™: Safe deploy process • A git branch of

    your own • Tests & continuous integration • Deployer checks what's getting deployed
  6. Success! Our G4P Stats • 11 new staff have made

    183 commits on master • 2 new repos for internal wikis • Easier communication