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27-Feb-2020

GitHub for Beginners

Ben Mansheim

https://hang-haman.netlify.com

What is Write the Docs?

�Write the Docs is a series of conferences and local meetups focused on all things related to software documentation.

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NOT JUST FOR WRITERS

Get involved

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Newsletter and mailing list�Subscribe to the newsletter at writethedocs.org

Meetups (worldwide)�http://www.writethedocs.org/meetups/

Slack: http://slack.writethedocs.org/

Conference Sessions on YouTube

• Influencing users to find answers in our docs
• Why you need peer reviews
• Comics in Docs
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Command Line
• Localize the Docs!
• Tutorials, Tooltips, and Popups…oh MY!

Next event

24 March @ Logz.io in Sarona TLV

DIY docs - Configuring your own tools to serve your team

https://www.meetup.com/Write-The-Docs-TAplus

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Contacts

Ben Mansheim

Batami Gold

What have we done this year�in numbers

180 Group members

5 Meetups (4 TLV + 1 PT)

10 Presentations

18+25+31+48+55 RSVPs

Over 100 Attendees

Lots of networking!

whoami

• 10+ years in documentation
• Love living in Israel
• Like being a non-coding geek
• Want to do things the easy way
• All about helping people

I’m not an expert

"File:Panel discussion at Wikipedia Day 2019, 4.jpg" by Eric Luth (WMSE) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

"File:Making copies (16903735284).jpg" by college.library is licensed under CC BY 2.0

But I know how to copy...

Let’s dig in...

"File:Groundhog Day 2011 Blizzard (5413216357).jpg" by ECP from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Putting the pieces together

Repository

Remote

Repository

Forked

Repository

Branch

Branch

Master

Master

PR

"File:Latvia table hockey team playing in European championship in Eskilstuna, SE, 2018.jpg" by Egilus is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Let’s play!

Let’s play!

That’s all folks!

Credits:

• Anne Gentle
• Becka Todd and Atlassian
• https://search.creativecommons.org/