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Jessica Lord

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Electron 1.0 is here

Electron 1.0 is here

For two years, Electron has lowered the barrier to developing desktop applications—making it possible for developers to build cross-platform apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Now we’re excited to share a major milestone for Electron and for the community behind it. The release of Electron 1.0 is now available from electron.atom.io. New to Electron? Electron […]

May 11, 2016
Patchwork July

Patchwork July

It’s time for another Patchwork night at GitHub HQ, next Thursday, July 10th! Patchwork nights are hands-on help sessions for people new to Git and GitHub. You’ll leave with a merged pull request on an open source project, green squares on your contribution graph, and the excited feeling of learning a lot of new tips […]

July 3, 2014
Hello World Guide

Hello World Guide

We just shipped our latest GitHub Guide: Hello-World. The “Hello World” project is a time-honored tradition in computer programming and now there is one just for GitHub. Hello repositories and Pull Requests! Hello Issues! Hello branches! The Hello World guide walks you through the core Git and GitHub elements. When you’re done you’ll have a […]

May 5, 2014
Patchwork Night

Patchwork Night

Next Thursday, March 27th, we’re hosting another Patchwork night at GitHub HQ! Patchwork nights are hands-on learning Git and GitHub. Patchwork night is great for people new to Git and GitHub. By the end of the night you’ll have your first pull request on an open source project merged and green squares on your contribution […]

March 22, 2014
Introducing Patchwork

Introducing Patchwork

We’re happy to announce a new hacknight at our San Francisco headquarters: Patchwork. Learning open source, together Patchwork is a hands on workshop for learning Git and GitHub. We’d love to have you join us in our community space. There will be snacks for hackin’, lots to learn, and new friends to be made. We’ll […]

January 14, 2014