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Break Things
Don’t be afraid of experimenting
Zoë Nolan
Rails Girls London December 2015
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Hello my name is Zoë
Find me online at http://zoenolan.org
Don't worry about taking notes
http://zoenolan.org/blog/2015/12/break-things/
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Try things
Following guides is a good start
But only the start of your journey
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Not all Experiments work
Things will go wrong
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Version Control
Word’s track changes for source code
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Git
Created by Linus Torvalds
Been around since 2005
Widely used
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Who am I?
git config --global user.name “Ada Lovelace“
git config --global user.email [email protected]
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Somewhere to store the changes
git init RailsGirlsLondonSix
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Adding changes
git add TheNextFacebook.rb
git commit
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Branching
Create a Branch
git branch CoolNewThing
Switch to a branch
git checkout CoolNewThing
Delete a Branch
git branch –D CoolNewThing
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See your changes
git status
git log
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Tutorials
Try Git
http://try.github.com/
How to Use Git and GitHub
https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-use-git-and-github--ud775
Pro Git
http://git-scm.com/book
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Resources
Git cheat sheet
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitCheatSheet
A successful Git branching model
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
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http://zoenolan.org/blog/2015/12/break-things/