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| **Github** is essentially a hosting service for Git repositories. Think of it like a specialized Dropbox or Google Drive just for code that uses Git. **Note - it's important to make a distinction between Git and Github** | **Github** is essentially a hosting service for Git repositories. Think of it like a specialized Dropbox or Google Drive just for code that uses Git. **Note - it's important to make a distinction between Git and Github** | ||
| - | Git can be a little confusing to learn at first but plenty of people before you have learned it and it's in widespread use by software developers all over the world. Odds are, you'll encounter Git or some other version management system in the future again. | + | Git can be a little confusing to learn at first but plenty of people before you have learned it and it's in widespread use by software developers all over the world. Odds are, you'll encounter Git or some other version control system in the future again. |
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| Go through these resources before you continue on. | Go through these resources before you continue on. | ||
| - | | + | - [[ https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-About-Version-Control | Version Control Systems ]] |
| - | - [[ https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-About-Version-Control Version Control Systems ]] | + | - [[ http://git-scm.com/video/what-is-version-control | Video: What is Version Control ]] (6 min) |
| - | - [[ http://git-scm.com/video/what-is-version-control | Video: What is Version Control ]] | + | - [[ http://git-scm.com/video/what-is-git | What is Git ]] (8 minutes) |
| - [[ http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/14/what-exactly-is-github-anyway/ | What exactly is github anyways? ]] | - [[ http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/14/what-exactly-is-github-anyway/ | What exactly is github anyways? ]] | ||
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| ====== Questions ====== | ====== Questions ====== | ||
| - | Make sure you know and understand the answers to the questions below before you move on. If you don't fully understand these core concepts you'll get confused later on. | + | Make sure you know and understand the answers to the questions below before you move on. If you don't fully understand these core concepts you'll get confused later on. These are also good discussion points for your team. |
| - What is a version control system? | - What is a version control system? | ||
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| - What is Github? | - What is Github? | ||
| - How are git and Github different from each other? | - How are git and Github different from each other? | ||
| + | - Why do you think git or any other version control system can be useful? | ||