Practice makes perfect

Overview

Questions

• How can I practice these skills?

Objectives

• Provide sources for self study of Git and GitHub

The best way of keeping a skill sharp is to use it regularly. Therefore a great way to learn to work with Git and GitHub, is to use it in your regular work.

Keep your scripts backed up on GitHub and collaborate with other students and colleagues.

Git is not easy, but extremely useful. Therefore there is a large market for courses, tutorials and guides for using Git. Github themselves have a collection of online courses at GitHub Skills:

• Introduction to GitHub
• Communicate using Markdown
• Review pull requests
• Resolve merge conflicts
• Release-based workflow
• Connect the dots

Each course is a repo that you will fork. Follow the instructions in the README files. Follow the directions exactly.

Key Points

• A multitude of materials for learning Git and GitHub exists
• Try to use Git and GitHub in your daily work

This episode is partially adapted from “Intro to Git & GitHub (Speedrun edition)”, by Jenna Jordan.