Hi Steve, Thanks very much for sharing!
I've been wondering how we can simultaneously give a broader exposure to GitHub GUI as I (since I'm not a software developer but often collaborate with others on GitHub) mostly use GitHub and haven't had to use git command line probably for a year now because I could do everything I needed in the GUI. Not that I am promoting not teaching the command line way of using git, but for people who've never ever encountered version control it might be more accessible to first build a mental model by learning GitHub and then going to the next step of learning the command line tool. Kind regards, Anelda On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Bond, Steve (NIH/NHGRI) [F] < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anelda, > > We have stripped out the entire Dracula example from our workshop at the > NIH, switching to a conversions script example (dollars to cents, feet to > meters, etc). We have also chosen to focus heavily on the GitHub UI, > instead of some of the terminal commands that GitHub otherwise hides. > > https://github.com/biologyguy/git-novice > > So it doesn’t tie in with gap minder, but we do have our attendees writing > little programs. > > There are still some significant kinks though, particularly when we get to > the collaboration and conflict resolution sections. The last time we ran > the workshop a significant gap developed between the faster and slower > paced learners that was difficult to accommodate as instructors. > > -Steve > > > > > > *From: *Anelda van der Walt <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, July 7, 2017 at 12:07 PM > *To: *Software Carpentry Discussion <[email protected]> > *Cc: *John Poole <[email protected]>, Bryan Johnston <[email protected] > > > *Subject: *[Discuss] Git lesson alternative > > > > Hi all, > > > > We'll be running a Software Carpentry workshop later this month and was > discussing the git-novice lesson again today... We would really like to > show people how real code can be put under version control in git/GitHub as > opposed to showing the Dracula story. I know this conversation has come up > several times, and some instructors have started to teach git on the > morning of day 2 so that in the afternoon, when they continue with the > Python lesson, they can show how it can be used with git. Does anyone have > an edited version of the git lesson that allows for integration with the > Python gapminder lesson perhaps? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Anelda >
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