Dear all, Thanks so much for all the suggestions and resources. We'll be working through this in the next few weeks.
Kind regards, Anelda On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Inigo Aldazabal Mensa < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 08 Jul 2017 08:12:19 +0100 > Michael J Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I try and get these points over to students: > > > > * Git and Github are not synonyms. > > * Git is a version control tool, one of many. > > * Github is a project/repository hosting service, one of many. > > * There are situations where you'd definitely want to use Git but > > will not be able to use GitHub e.g. hosting sensitive/personal > > code/docs/data that must be held on servers in known locations and > > with known security qualities and not just "somewhere" in the world. > > Exactly the same here. > > Inigo > > > > > Cheers, > > Mike > > > > Quoting "Waldman, Simon" <[email protected]> on Sat, 8 Jul 2017 06:41:06 > > +0000: > > > > > Surely these are two different things, doing two different jobs? > > > Git > (either command line or through a GUI) on the local machine, > > > and > Github for the remote repo? > > > > > > Or is there a local GUI that also goes by the name of Github? If > > > so, > I recommend *great* care in describing this; if I’m confused > > > by > reading it on the discuss list, I can only imagine that > > > learners > will be too! > > > > > > From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > On Behalf Of Anelda van der Walt Sent: 08 July 2017 06:33 > > > To: Bond, Steve (NIH/NHGRI) [F] > > > Cc: Software Carpentry Discussion; John Poole; Bryan Johnston > > > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Git lesson alternative > > > > > > 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: > > > Friday, July 7, 2017 at 12:07 PM To: Software Carpentry Discussion > > > > <[email protected]<mailto:discuss@ > lists.software-carpentry.org>> > > > > Cc: John Poole <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, > > > > Bryan > Johnston > > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[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. 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