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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. Re:Version control by AnonymousClown · · Score: 0, Troll
    Why?

    Version control isn't rocket science: add, checkout, check-in, compare files, ... BFD.

    If someone has to have their hand held on how to use a version control system, they have no business being in the profession.

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