Updated for Spring 2017! Here are some useful tips for this class and other classes as well.
For this class, your later assignments will be submitted via GitHub, so you will want to start using Git (or even use SVN).
One of the easiest solutions (for some) is to install
There are also other clients like SourceTree and GitKraken.
or if you like working in right in Windows Explorer, use one of these:
Now Mac users have a similar product that works in Finder:
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Free - Limitted to only 1 repo
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Paid version - Unlimitted repos
Once you have something installed, then you can read:
If you decide to go with a Tortoise product, then you may want to read:
After you have that inital connection to the GitHub repository then you can read:
Here are some links to documentation to the clients that we will support:
- GitHub Glossary
- Git Cheat Sheet - Nice little guide for using Git via command line.