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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