[WFS-India] Event Report Git for Girls

[Kaustav Das Modak]

On Friday 06 September 2013 02:16 AM, Aruna S wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's the event report for Git for Girls:
>

Nice report Aruna.

> The Git for Girls workshop started with a little bit of anxiety
> because Kaustav got stuck in Bangalore's infamous traffic and came
> just in time for the workshop at B.M.S.I.T.

:-P

>                                                  Suggestions
>
> It would be nice to fork an existing git tutorial/activity, customise
> it and use it for future presentations, instead of a theory-only
> session. We could also try to combine the hands on and theory the next
> time we host a workshop.
>

+1

> More volunteers. We need at least 1:5 ratio. This time it was more like 4:45.
>
> It might be better to use a GUI instead of the CLI to explain git commands.
>

Can you find a decent GUI that works cross platform?

> Simplify the theory behind git.
>

Ok

>
> Simple commands like ls, mkdir, cd etc were not known, so we may want
> to have introductory slides/hands on time for these commands, to be
> prepared. We can always skip them if people are Linux users.
>

+1

>                     I would say that the workshop was a reasonably
> successful once that can be more useful if we plan everything earlier,
> and simplify things. Also, more hands on.

Yes, we had too little time.

Let us talk about these in tonight's meeting on IRC.

Also, the presentation needs to be branded as "Git for Girls" if we use 
that name everywhere.

Best.

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Kaustav Das Modak,
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CodeBinders Web Development Services LLP
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