Hi Anelda,
I replace the Dracula example with Python code at
https://github.com/rgaiacs/swc-git-novice-euroscipy2016. This was for
Git Workshop last year during EuroScipy.
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.
If you are teaching Git for non-developers you can probably stay with
the online GUI provided by GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/... but if you are
teaching Git for developers you will need to teach the the command line
or any local GUI since otherwise they will not be able to share their
changes easy.
I've been wondering if there is something that can come before the
git-novice lesson to help the target audience of our workshops
understand the value of version control and tools like GitHub. Any
pointers to something that is even more foundational to help build
mental models and create a interest to learn version control would be
very welcome.
My impression is that the students never program before or only hack
some small scripts they don't have experience to give the correct value
to version control since Google Docs and similar do a great job.
On this line, my last own experience teaching Git showed me that we
should use at least two files to make more clear for instructors why
version control is important. For example, you can use Dropbox to share
code with your collaborator but one day you change the code and your
collaborator change the configuration file and next morning the code
doesn't work. How do you make the code work again? With Git, you will
know of the merge when you two sync and check the differences.
Kind regards,
Raniere
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