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