An intro to GitHub and why you might use it for JavaScript projects I gave at the second SydJS in June 2010.

1. GitHub for
JavaScripters
LACHSTOCK

2. What is GitHub?

3. What is GitHub?
“Git is an extremely fast, efficient, distributed
version control system ideal for the
collaborative development of software.”

4. What is GitHub?
“GitHub is the best way to participate in that
collaboration: fork projects, send pull
requests, create issues, and monitor
development with all of your public and
private code.”

5. GitHub is
290,000
coders

6. GitHub is
908,000
repositories

7. GitHub is
AWESOMESAUCE
FOR YOUR
OPENSOURCE

8. Why use GitHub for your JavaScript?

9. I asked Tom Preston-Werner

10. (He’s one of the founders of GitHub)

11. Hey, Tom, I'm delivering
a preso on why JS devs
should use GitHub.
Got a choice quote on
the topic?

12. Wow, I wish I could, but
I've had about five
Laphroaigs. Hmm,
maybe that is a quote.
JQUERY!

13. Then he sent me a photo

14. Hacking + Whisky
m/

15. Thanks, Tom!

16. I figured I’d better do my own research

18. JavaScript’s role on the web makes that a lie.

20. BUT...

21. There are heaps of cool JS projects on GitHub

23. Searching for ‘HTML5’

24. Searching for ‘WebSockets’

25. Searching for ‘testing’

26. And things happen all the time

28. Basically, GitHub is a big fucking playground
for anyone into JavaScript

29. Step 1: http://github.com/plans/
It’s free

30. Step 2: http://help.github.com/
Step 2: http://help.github.com/

31. Step 3: Get Hacking

32. Questions?