Hi Matthew (and everyone), here are some previous threads that might be worth perusing:
http://lists.software-carpentry.org/pipermail/discuss/2016-March/003993.html http://lists.software-carpentry.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-February/000038.html We've touched on this topic a few dozen times over the years but that's all I can find :). Here's one thing that hasn't been brought up yet this time 'round: Some (many) people do research on remote UNIX computers, e.g. HPCs and cloud computers; git GUIs don't work for this purpose. cheers, --titus On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 10:49:13AM +0200, Matthew Gidden wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I searched the list history and didn't see a similar topic already posted, > so apologies if this is a rehash of a previous conversation. > > I'm going to be teaching a version of the git novice lessons next week to > an audience that does not feel comfortable on the command line. My goal > will be to use Github Desktop [1] which provides a (reasonably nice) GUI on > top of common interactions with local and remote repositories. I expect to > walk through the GUI interactions in approximately the same order as the > lessons while having some conceptual slides as I go along. > > I have a few questions for the list: > > 1. Has someone else taught a similar course? Perhaps we can connect off > list for quick ideas/lessons learned (I will be new to teaching with a > GUI..). > 2. Is there interest in developing some sidecar lessons to git-novice > that use the github GUI? > 3. Philosophically, is teaching git without the CLI antithetical to > SWC's core mission (i.e., is it doing more harm by obfuscating the > mechanics of the underlying tool)? > > I'd enjoy any input/suggestions you all may have. > > Cheers, > Matt Gidden > > [1] https://desktop.github.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss -- C. Titus Brown, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
