Cool features of GitHub

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(Even if you don't use Git...yet) Cool features of GitHub

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This presentation is not really about It's really about

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= ? ? =

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=repository of source code (DVCS) site to host git site to collaborate =

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is mainly for ... but at the same time ... (I guess...)

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... it's also much more ... wiki gists markdown ... gh-pages issue tracking

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gists? * Short code snippets * Random notes

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-- "create" a user in MySQL GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'dbuser'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'userpass'; /* CSS media query: apply if width < 980px */ @media (max-width: 980px) { body { padding-top: 0; } } // where the hell my log4j settings come from?? System.out.println(Loader.getResource("log4j.properties")); System.out.println(Loader.getResource("log4j.xml")); ...gists for random code snippets...

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...gists for other random stuff...

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Clone https://gist.github.com/ID.git https://gist.github.com/USER/ID Embed Link

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...mmm too many gists piling up? perhaps it's time to create a repo?

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Add files right there... Edit files right there...

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markdown

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github flavored markdown ```javascript function fancyAlert(arg) { if (arg) { $.facebox({div:'#foo'}) } } ``` function fancyAlert(arg) { if (arg) { $.facebox({div:'#foo'}) } }

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Press "m"

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# naturally: git clone https://github.com/USER/PROJECT.git # ...but also: svn checkout https://github.com/USER/PROJECT.git # that's right, you can use Subversion too with GitHub!!! btw...

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wiki! * can clone it * edit on GitHub or locally * use any wikitext * atom feed = https://github.com/USER/PROJECT.wiki.git

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gh-pages? = static html hosting = project demo page Step 1: create branch: gh-pages Step 2: git push to GitHub Step 3: http://USER.github.io/PROJECT/

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NONE of the above is a primary function of GitHub... These are "just" the "extras"! ... but the truth is ...

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GitHub is popular 2008 2009 2011 2010 2012 2013 42000 166000 510000 1.2m 1.9m # of users

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GitHub is huge 2008 2009 2011 2010 2012 2013 80000 484000 1.3m 3.4m 6.5m # of repositories

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GitHub is rock solid * GitHub is upgraded 20-40 times per day * GitHub is faster than your website * GitHub has better uptime than your website

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'nuff said!

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https://github.com/features https://speakerdeck.com/holman/git-and-github- secrets https://speakerdeck.com/holman/scaling-github https://speakerdeck.com/holman/how-github-uses- github-to-build-github https://github. com/janosgyerik/articles/tree/master/cool-features-of- github