COMP240 - Getting Git & Github
This project isn’t a project. It’s a crash course in the software and services that will drive all your collaborative efforts in this class.
Getting Started (Due: 11/13)
Step one in getting your feet wet is to take baby steps towards understanding what are VCS, git, and github as well as how they are used by development teams.
| Task | Objective | What to Turn In |
|---|---|---|
| Read Pro Git 1.1 to 1.3 | Get a sense of what git is, why it’s used, and how developers use it to manage projects. | nothing |
| Do the Github Quickstart Hello World | Get on Github and carry out key git/vcs actions using the GitHub interface | Email the instructor your github username and a link to the repo you created |
| Read and follow along with Pro Git 1.4 to 1.6 and the Github Quickstart Set Up Git article. | Install and configure Git on your personal development machine | nothing |
Text Editors
A good text editor is an essential tool for developers. Because they are a WYSIWIG application, you can use them to view, edit, and write code. They are also essential for using Git as they are the means by which you write and edit commit messages. When setting up Git, you’ll learn how to set the default text editor for git. The default is typically VIM. You are encouraged to explore some other options. Here are some popular choices.
| Text Editors |
|---|
| Sublime Text |
| VS Code |
| Atom Editor |
| Notepad++ |
Github Flow - Solo Edition (Due 11/18)
At this point you should have an account on Github and that account should be added to our Github Classroom. Additionally, you should have a local version of git installed and configured. You’ll now test that configuration by working through a simple task using the Github Flow model.
| Task | Objective | What to Turn In |
|---|---|---|
| Read about Github Flow in the Quickstart | Get familiar with how github flow is used to manage the process of modifying the contents of a repo | nothing |
| Get the Git & Github Fundamentals assignment from the Github classroom using the provided link (see email) | Start a new repo via Classroom Assignment | nothing |
| Make a local clone of your assignment repo. | Mirror a Github project locally | nothing |
| Make a Change to the project: (1) Start a new branch (2) Add a new Markdown File with your lastname as the filename. Answer the survey questions below in that file. (3) Commit your changes to the branch | Make a change to the repo | nothing |
| Update the GitHub Repo: (1) Push your branch (2) Create a PR for your pushed branch. (3) Merge your PR. | Update a remote repo from local changes | nothing |
| Pull the updated main branch from the remote | Sync changes from remote to local repo | Inform the instructor that your assignment is done |
Survey
- What excites you about computing? What kind of projects do you like to work on?
- What languages have your programmed with?
- What Operating System do you use?
- Prior to this class, have you used git or github?
- What do you think you can bring to a group project?
- What part of working with a group is hardest for you?