Git, GitHub & Collaborative Coding - CodeRefinery Workshop

A hands-on introduction to Git and GitHub, focusing on version control, collaborative coding, and best practices for research software development. The workshop is intended for researchers, students, research groups who want to learn together, and research support staff.

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Digital Scholarship Centre at the University of Oslo Library is hosting an in-person classroom for the CodeRefinery tools workshop this autumn, 2026.

Registration

Sign-up deadline: Sep 21, 2026 at 23:59

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Course goals

CodeRefinery workshop is a free course that teaches practical tools and best practices for scientific software development with focus on reusability, reproducibility, and openness.

Workshop schedule

This course is ideal for researchers who write code as part of their work and want to:

  • Learn version control with Git and GitHub

  • Improve the reproducibility of their research

  • Write better-documented and more maintainable code

  • Use testing and modular design to avoid common pitfalls

Workshop format

The workshop is held online, but you are welcome to join our DSC in-person session if you would like hands-on help, as well as coffee and snacks.

The workshop is free to join, but please register your attendance.

Language

The workshop will be held in english.

Who 

  • Students (Bachelor, Master, PhD)

  • Researchers at all career stages

  • Administrative and technical staff involved in research support or development work

You can participate as an individual, or you’re welcome to join as a research group or team and follow the course together. If you join as a group, you’ll benefit from the opportunity to discuss and solve exercises together.

Date and time 

  • 09/22/2026
  • 09/23/2026
  • 09/24/2026

Prerequisites

Having the necessary setup shown on this instruction page

Certificate 

It is possible to obtain a certificate from the course with a little extra work. See more details. 

 

Tags: CodeRefinery, Workshop, Git, Open Science, Reproducibility, Programming, Programmering, Computing
Published June 29, 2026 3:49 PM - Last modified Sep. 24, 2026 8:04 AM