Whether it is for re-using the same code or deploying a bug fix or just for better document management, one of the most important leaps any site builder will ever take in their path towards becoming a developer is learning a version control system, or VCS. Since Git is the standard VCS over 80% of developers, lets roll up our sleeves and dive in. The benefits far outweigh the efforts needed to learn this tooling. Once you start, you will wonder why it took you so long to unleash the power of this awesome tech.<\/p>\n
This workshop will cover:<\/p>\n
What is Git and why is it so widely used
\nThe Git workflow
\nSetup and your first project
\nCollaboration with Github and Pull Requests<\/p>\n
Additional Information:
\nWe will be using command line tools for Git to learn these concepts.
\nYou must bring your laptop.<\/p>\n
Please do these three things before class: <\/span>2) Start a Github account.\u00a0 Simply go to Github.com and sign up.\u00a0 This is a free service for how we will be using it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether it is for re-using the same code or deploying a bug fix or just for better document management, one of the most important leaps any site builder will ever take in their path towards becoming a developer is learning a version control system, or VCS. Since Git is the standard VCS over 80% of … Continue reading “Let’s learn Git. No more excuses.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14885931,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_wcpt_session_time":1503856800,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_speaker_id":[809],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[3552],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-825","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-workshops"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheO8c-dj","session_date_time":{"date":"August 27, 2017","time":"12:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"809","slug":"dwayne-mcdaniel","name":"Dwayne McDaniel","link":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker\/dwayne-mcdaniel\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/825\/revisions\/1167"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/809"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mcdwayne"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1) Download and install git.\u00a0 It is completely free and open source.
\nYou can do this from:\u00a0https:\/\/git-scm.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n