Introduction to GitHub

Tværs Gruppemøde, April 2025

Signe Kirk Brødbæk

Agenda

  1. Who am I?
  2. What is GitHub?
  3. What can it be used for?
  4. Why use GitHub?
  5. Examples 👀
  6. GitHub workshop, May 26

Who am I?

  • Primarily working on the Seedcase Project
  • Develop teaching material and teach workshops
  • R-package: Open-Source Diabetes Classifier
  • Admin for steno-aarhus on GitHub

I spend 95 % of my work time using GitHub 🙌

What is GitHub?

  • A website: github.com
  • Stores files in repositories
  • Uses version control (Git) to track file changes
    • Git + Hub

What can GitHub be used for?

  • Storing and sharing files (while tracking changes)
  • Creating websites
  • Collaboration
    • Reviews: Giving and receiving feedback
    • Communication (tasks, to-do lists, discussions)
    • Project management (project boards)

Why use GitHub?

  • Everything related to your project in one place (files, tasks, discussions, feedback, project management)
  • Changes are tracked
  • Everything is open and accessible to everyone (unless you make it private)
  • Eases collaboration

Examples: GitHub.com 👀

GitHub Intro workshop, May 26

  • Gentle introduction to using GitHub for managing and working with files
  • Registration: Mail from Louise
  • Pre-workshop tasks

Questions?