GitHub Discussions is out of beta! Head over to your repo and enable the new social hub for developer communities today.
https://github.blog/2021-08-17-github-discussions-out-of-beta/
What’s new with GitHub Issues? Today’s Changelog features improvements to the beta with new filtering and the ability to convert new items to issues 🚀
Sign up now!
https://github.blog/changelog/2021-08-17-the-new-github-issues-08-17-update/
Tired of Issues that are only half complete? Want your community to provide specific info on bugs reports and feature requests?
Why not give them a form!
Check out this handy guide by @MishManners on how to build a GitHub Issue form 👇
https://dev.to/github/how-to-build-google-like-forms-with-github-3ig2
Git 2.33 is here! Check out our recap of some of the most exciting features in the latest release.
https://github.blog/2021-08-16-highlights-from-git-2-33/
Re @GithubProjects We used to have that but removed it in 2012 as no-one needs yet another inbox and the risk of abuse was too high with the implementation we had.
https://github.blog/2012-04-03-spring-cleaning/#private-messaging
Re We also have a quick guide to commit signing!
https://resources.github.com/whitepapers/GitHub-guide-to-commit-signing/
As of August 13, we no longer accept password authentication for Git operations. @_mph4 gives a rundown of available 2FA options - including a GitHub-branded YubiKey!
https://github.blog/2021-08-16-securing-your-github-account-two-factor-authentication/
RT DEV Community 👩💻👨💻
Do you think you can build a game using less than 13kB of JavaScript, CSS, and/or HTML in just 30 days? I have a challenge for you!
{ author: @leereilly } #DEVCommunity
https://dev.to/github/build-a-tiny-game-for-js13k-with-kontra-js-8pb
https://twitter.com/ThePracticalDev/status/1426574839645618179
🔐 Security features for Go
📆 Expiration date settings for PATs
📈 Severity levels for all CodeQL alerts
Here’s the recap of everything GitHub shipped in July!
https://github.blog/2021-08-12-whats-new-from-github-changelog-july-2021-recap/
RT js13kGames
TENTH EDITION OF #JS13K STARTS NOW!
Blog post with theme announcement video:
You have a whole month to build an HTML5 game within 13kb zip package and win some cool #gamedev prizes as well - share the good news with the world!
https://js13kgames.com/
https://medium.com/js13kgames/js13kgames-2021-has-started-aa9345fd9fdf
RT Fintan Ryan
Nice tutorial on using @github actions & @awscloud #serverless together
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/using-github-actions-to-deploy-serverless-applications/
If you insist on using tabs, did you know you can control the tab spacing by using the 'ts' query parameter?
Demo Days is live, tune in!
GitHub Enterprise: We’re live on Demo Days! Learn how to take a developer-first approach to productivity (hint: fewer meetings). Join us now with @irina_kAl
https://www.linkedin.com/events/6829088052120576000/
Wow - how about this for a #ThrowbackThursday!
Christina Warren: Classic "After Dark" screensavers, rebuilt using CSS animations:
https://www.bryanbraun.com/after-dark-css/
Splunkbase, a GitHub App from @splunk that enables you to monitor all your user activity and events in the GitHub Audit Log. Check out the video!
https://youtu.be/oASCxWDTAQo
How does GitHub develop… GitHub? Using Codespaces. Find out how we moved our development environment from local macOS builds to cloud hosted, Linux based, GitHub Codespaces
https://github.blog/2021-08-11-githubs-engineering-team-moved-codespaces/
GitHub Codespaces is now available for everyone on GitHub Teams and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Get blazing fast, pay-as-you-go, hosted development environments for your team.
https://github.com/features/codespaces
Tune in to see @irina_kAl talk productivity!
GitHub Enterprise: Measuring productivity by your PRs? We’ll stop you right there ✋ With experiments like The Good Day Project Eirini Kalliamvakou found better ways to stay focused on code and know where work is making an impact. Join us Thursday at Demo Days to learn how!
https://www.linkedin.com/events/6829088052120576000/
We're deprecating password support for Git operations to keep you more secure.
You can authenticate Git actions using:
🔒 SSH keys
🔒 Personal Access Tokens
🔒 OAuth Apps
🔒 Credential Manager
🔒 GH Desktop
🔒 GH CLI
🔒 Physical keys
Read more 👇
https://dev.to/github/how-to-never-type-passwords-when-using-git-18bb
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