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Introducing Students To the World of Open Source

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-do-you-mean-my-boss-doesn't-have-an-autograder dept.

paulproteus writes "Most computer science students never see a bug tracker, and very few learn about version control. Classes often don't teach the skills needed for participation. So I organized a weekend workshop at the University of Pennsylvania. Total newbies enthusiastically spent the day on IRC, learned git, built a project from source, and read bugs in real projects. I learned that there's no shortage of students that want to get involved."

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  1. In my experiance... by daid303 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most computer science students don't know how to write code. So it doesn't matter at all.

    1. Re:In my experiance... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, he did introduce them to weekends spent on IRC. Something they will most likely be doing for the rest of their lonely, lonely lives.

  2. Re:Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Congratulations! You win the internet! No one has ever won the internet at such a young age!

  3. Re:Wow... by froggymana · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought that was suppose to Linux Torvalds?

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