MacAdmins Conference 2024

This full-day workshop combines two half-day workshops.
In the morning:
Git for Mac Admins
Git is the most popular distributed version control system on the planet for software development. It also has broad application for Mac admins to use with managing scripts, configuration profiles, AutoPkg recipes, munki configs, and other files that form the backbone of admin tooling. In this workshop you’ll learn the basics of installing git on your computer, using git locally to manage version control, and using git with remote repositories (think GitHub, GitLab, etc.).

Any prerequisites: Yes – but optional. Attendees will need a computer with the latest release version of Xcode installed and should be conversant with using Terminal.app. Familiarity with Bash or ZSH will be helpful.

In the afternoon:
Create AutoPkg recipes for software from scratch
Learn how to create AutoPkg recipes for software from scratch. Autopkg can distribute software updates from vendor websites to your distribution tool of choice, saving thousands of dollars a week.
Being comfortable on the command line is recommended, but previous knowledge of AutoPkg is optional.
While AutoPkg is written in Python, writing Python code is not required to write recipes and will not be covered. Recipes use YAML text files.

Any prerequisites: Yes – but optional. A laptop with Visual Studio Code and Python 3.9+ (Mac or Win or Linux)Watch previous talk ( Using AutoPKG for Windows Software 2.0 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDdcXtjv6y4

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