On-Demand webinar

Ask the Expert: Demystifying Git – Collaboration through branching and pull requests with SAS Studio and GitHub

About the Webinar

Git is the industry standard for source code collaboration, widely adopted by SAS and its customers. However, many find it challenging to use in practice.

Join this webinar to learn how Git supports teamwork and collaboration with SAS Studio in SAS Viya.

This is the second webinar in our series on demystifying Git with SAS. It builds on the first webinar where we showed how to connect Github with SAS Viya – so if you want to follow along, we recommend you go through this one first.

The steps are also shown in this blog - Demystifying Git – Using SAS Studio in SAS Viya with GitHub through HT.

Be inspired and learn practical tips to enhance team collaboration by using Git in SAS Studio supported by GitHub. We will dive into branching and pull requests – popular practices to ensure collaborative work gets pulled together in a safe and governed way.

What you'll learn:

Simplifying Git for Everyone: Demystify Git's complexity with practical tips and hands-on demos, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced users.
Use GitHub and similar version control systems with SAS Studio to safely merge work across the team through pull requests – a recommended practice when working with Git.
Boosting Collaboration and Productivity: Discover best practices and advanced Git features to streamline team collaboration and boost personal and team productivity.

About our Expert

Lars Arne Skar

Principal Pre-Sales Solutions Architect, SAS

With more than 30 years’ experience in IT architecture, data analytics, and financial services, Lars is a passionate advocate of cloud and agile practices for analytics.

As a Principal Solution Architect at SAS, Lars helps organizations operationalize deeper analytical insights and AI using SAS software. Git often plays an important part of operationalizing analytics and AI as well as aligning processes with many of our customers.

Lars's fintech and banking background provides a deep understanding of industry needs, particularly in analytics/AI and data engineering.

Having been part of three successful fintech startups, Lars has applied agile methodologies with git and cloud technologies to deliver value efficiently while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Lars empowers users to harness Git's full potential, making workflows more accessible and productive. His engaging style ensures attendees leave with actionable knowledge and skills.

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