Intermediate
Building Community
Building a healthy community helps your project thrive. Learn how to foster collaboration and inclusivity.
Prerequisites
Social Coding and Inclusive CommunicationUpdated 2mo ago
Topic
Version Control & Collaborative Development
Tracking changes with Git and collaborating through branches, pull requests, and shared repositories.
Related standard: RSE Competencies (F1000Research)
Intermediate
Collaboration in Open Research Projects
A comprehensive reference guide covering collaboration practices in open research — community setup, GitHub workflows, code review, meetings and events, leadership, and research infrastructure roles. Part of The Turing Way open handbook.
Prerequisites
Introduction to GitUpdated 2mo ago
Intermediate3h 30m
Collaborative Git for Teams
This lesson explains how to use Git for collaborative software development, focusing on advanced Git techniques such as branching, merging, and conflict resolution.
Prerequisites
Introduction to GitUpdated 4mo ago
Intermediate
Effective Code Review
This lesson teaches best practices for conducting and participating in code reviews, emphasizing clear communication and collaborative problem solving.
Prerequisites
Collaborative Git for TeamsUpdated 2mo ago
Beginner3h 39m
Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
A set of practical computing habits every researcher can adopt — covering data management, code organization, collaboration, version control, and project structure.
Beginner8h
Introduction to Git
This lesson introduces Git, a distributed version control system, and teaches how to use it to track changes, collaborate on projects, and manage the history of a codebase.
Prerequisites
What is Open Source?Updated 4mo ago
Intermediate1h
Issue Tracking with GitHub
This lesson covers the basics of issue tracking for software projects, including how to create, manage, and close issues on GitHub.
Updated 2mo ago
Beginner1h
Making Your First Pull Request
A step-by-step walkthrough covering forking, cloning, feature branches, and responding to code review feedback.
Prerequisites
Social Coding and Inclusive CommunicationUpdated 2mo ago
Intermediate
Reproducible Research
A comprehensive reference guide covering all aspects of reproducible research — version control, testing, data management, CI/CD, open research, licensing, and more. Part of The Turing Way open handbook.
Prerequisites
Introduction to GitUpdated 2mo ago
Beginner
Social Coding and Inclusive Communication
Understand the 'human' side of open source, including respectful language, the 'release early, often' mindset, and the value of non-code contributions.
Updated 4mo ago
Beginner
What is Open Source?
An introduction to the four freedoms of software, the benefits of FOSS in education and industry, and the core principles of transparency and community.
Updated 2mo ago
Beginner
Your First Web Contribution
Build confidence by making a real open source contribution using only your web browser. No technical setup or Git installation required!
Prerequisites
What is Open Source?Updated 2mo ago