How to add a New Event

How to add a new event

Open a new "Add New Event Issue" and fill in the form

To add a new event, you will need to follow the steps below. We suggest t at you use Visual Studio Code with the YAML Extension added. You will need to have installed Git from https://git-scm.com as well

Fork the repository - Instructions to fork a repository
Create a branch (so that your changes are separate) The above post has instructions here to create a branch
Check the _data directory for the last event number that was used and then
- Create The Markdown file
- Create The Data File
Check your YAML - This is really important
Sync Your Local Repository with GitHub
Create a Pull Request (PR) in the Data Saturdays Repo The blog post also shows how to create a PR here
Updates
- How to update your event