Lab introduction to Git, GitHub, and VS Code

Git: the most (in)famous version control system (VCS) for text data, e.g., code.

GitHub: The most (in)famous web service for Git repositories.

VS Code: One of the most famous editors for code.

Download and install

• VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Git: https://git-scm.com/
• GitHub Desktop: https://desktop.github.com/

Join GitHub

https://github.com/signup

VS Code extension

• Git graph (optional but recommended)
• GitHub actions
• GitHub Pull Requests and Issues

Python

• Python
• Jupyter

Julia

• Julia

Remote

• Remote

Collab

• Live share

Theme

Personally: Atom One Dark theme

Simple Git repository management in GUI

• Create a repo
  • In GitHub web UI
  • In GitHub Desktop
• Clone a repo
  • In GitHub web UI
  • In GitHub Desktop
  • In VS Code
• Make changes: add and commit
  • In GitHub web UI
  • In VS Code
• Synchronize with GitHub: push and pull
• View history
• Non-linear history: branches and pull request