UUASC-LA Presents "Introduction to Git" by Randal Schwartz on January 5, 2012 at Media Temple in Culver City

Randal Schwartz, host of the Floss Weekly podcast, will presenting a very thorough introduction to git at the UUASC-LA meetup in Culver City on Thursday, and y'all are welcome to attend. For those that have not heard of Git, it is the version control system Drupal.org developers use to share code with one another.

Details below and at...

http://www.meetup.com/UUASC26/events/44387702/

Reposted with permission from http://groups.drupal.org/node/196363#comment-659113

LA Drupal members will be attending the event, but please note that this is not an LA Drupal event and it's being presented by the UUASC-LA group. Any questions about the event should be directed to the event organizers. Thanks!

We are excited to kick off the new year with a very special speaker covering an important topic.

Randal Schwartz, the uber perl monger/author and host of the FLOSS Weekly podcast, will be presenting an in depth introduction to the open source distributed version control system of the decade, Git.

Designed with an emphasis on speed by Linus Torvalds in 2005, git can be used to manage simple repositories of scripts and is used in the larger open source projects such as the Linux Kernel, Perl, and Gnome. Git's ease of cloning complete repositories and ability to post enhnancements has led to a new generation source code hosting sites such as github and gitorious that help drive open source software innovation.

In this presentation Randal will provide a quick overview of the history, then delve into a detailed review of the features and how git can be used to manage code for various sized projects.

Randal Schwartz is a renowned expert on the Perl and Smalltalk programming languages, having contributed to a dozen top-selling books on the subject, and over 250 magazine articles. Schwartz runs a Perl
and Smalltalk training and consulting company (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc of Portland, Oregon). Schwartz hosts the successful FLOSS Weekly podcast, covering Free/Libre Open Source Software by interviewing the project leaders and legends in the industry. Schwartz serves on the Squeak Smalltalk Oversight Board, and the LinuxFund Board. And he's a pretty good Karaoke singer, winning contests regularly.

After the meeting, you are invited to mingle with many of the chapter members at UUASC-LA's new after meeting location once we figure out where that will be.

WARNING: People may take photographs and shoot video of UUASC-LA meetings and social events. If someone is absolutely opposed to having his or her photograph taken, that person needs to please speak with
the photographer.

Warning to photographers: You must have a person's permission to post photographs in any public manner.

Driving Directions:

From the South via Interstate 405:
(Assuming South of LAX/Century Blvd. exit.)

Take the La Cienga Blvd. exit and enjoy the ride through the La Cienga pass. Take a left on W. Jefferson and right on National.

From the North via Interstate 405:

Take the 10 East and exit Robertson. As you exit the freeway get into the second lane from the left and make a quick right followed by a quick left on to Venice Blvd east.
Take a right on National and then a right on Hayden to look for parking.

From Downtown:

Take the 10 West and exit at Roberston.
Take a left on Robertson and the first left on National folllowed by a right on Hayden to look for parking.

Parking:

Public Parking is available on Hayden which intersects National.

Building:

The building is located on the Conjunctive Points complex which includes Eric Owen Moss' conceptually challenging designs. Several of Mr. Mosses' buildings (or portions thereof), are designated under Culver City's Architecture as Art program.

Assuming you parked on Hayden, walk toward National, where you will see the six story tower. Make a right on National and enter into the first door on National past the tower. Inside you will see the door to Suite 101 with the MT logo enter that door to the presentation area.

UUASC wants to especially thank Christina McCann and Media Temple for their excellent hospitality, allowing us to meet in their facility, and videotaping the presentations.

UUASC is for all persons using UNIX either personally or professionally, or interested in learning more about UNIX. We recognize all varieties of UNIX, including (without prejudice) SCO, Linux, SVr4, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and BSD. This is a good place to meet others with similar interests and broaden your skills and knowledge.