Let's not forget that there is no official Linux version of GitHub Desktop. Apart from other considerations, I think this is a decisive factor for not using it.
Also, the git lesson specially benefits *a lot* from a good old blackboard and incrementally drawing the git "schema" as the commands are introduced. This is always in view and I refer to it all the time. Iñigo On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:09:44 +0200 Konrad Förstner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I can support this (based on limited experience with Desktop > interface) . The one time the GUI interface was used in lesson all the > menue where quite overwhelming for learners and hard to described for > the instructor what to click. The CLI interface used in all the other > workshops was clear and without that visual clutter. > > Cheers > > Konrad > > On Thu Oct 17, 2019 at 11:37:36PM +0530, Rohit Goswami wrote: > >* > > > >I'm not sure if this is the right place but I personally find github > >deskt > op to > >be even more confusing than the terminal. I feel that GUI abstracts > >away t > he > >way git works with files and I would it to be non intuitive. I > >wasn't plea > sed > >with the file listing and changes views either. However, I'm not > >sure how it looks to novices. > > > >--- > >IIT Kanpur Rohit Goswami MInstP AMIChemE AMIE > > Senior Project Associate | IIT Kanpur | Chemistry > > Dept. M: +91 9935135006 > > S: rohit.646 > > E: rgoswami@iitk.ac.in > > github facebook gitlab link [60] [24] > >On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:27pm, Scott Gruber <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > > > Hi Katrin, Elizabeth, et al. > > > I’m planning a couple of web design workshop for high school s > tudents and > > Cameroon researchers and want to introduce the basics of Git to > > both communities. The info (and public git repositories) about > > Github Desk > top > > is so helpful. > > > Thank you for your help. > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2019, at 7:18 AM, E.W. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Katrin, > > > > I use GitHub desktop all the time for introductions to git > > and fou > nd > > that you can really speed through things and get people > > really comfortable even in just an hour. I ran a git/github lesson > > for o > ne of > > my classes that ran for about 3 hours. It started with my > > introduc > tion > > to github desktop (https://github.com/elliewix/ > > github-training-brain-dumps/blob/master/github_directions.md) > > adap > ted > > to just use markdown files, and then patched into the SWC > > git less > on. > Getting introduced to the vocabulary first within a gui > and then s eeing > > how the command line actions related to actions on the > > website and > the > > GUI seemed to really help reinforce the concepts. Once I > > clean up > all > > the materials for that class I'll be posting things up on > > github. > > > > I haven't seen the built in tutorial, but will check that > > out! > > > > Elizabeth > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:33 AM Leinweber, Katrin < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > I find that the Git and Github sections of a workshop > > > genera > te a > > lot of technical questions and errors, notably more than > > the o > ther > > sections. > > > > So true! > > > > > […] If git and github could be taught in 5 minutes, > > > I'm guessing > > it would be included in DC material... > > > > https://desktop.github.com/ added a built-in tutorial > > recently > . Has > > anyone used this in a workshop? > > > > I'd be happy to receive some comments on that, because > > I'm pla > nning > > to use it in a few weeks. > > > > > > Thanks and greetings! > > Katrin > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > The Carpentries: discuss > > Permalink: > > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/ > > Taf5d034d6aa3c0cd-M3eaedaac61cacbdf79540293 Delivery options: > > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/disc > uss/ > > subscription > > > > > > > >The Carpentries / discuss / see discussions + participants + > >delivery opti > ons > >Permalink > > ------------------------------------------ > The Carpentries: discuss > Permalink: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Taf5d034d6aa3c0c > d-M1fb62588f1ab193e6f7fe1fa Delivery options: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscript ion ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Taf5d034d6aa3c0cd-M5c8b6ece40c401d4fa9b82ce Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
