Video Games and Source Control

A lightening talk to help introduce basic concepts of source control to new programmers

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1. Video Games and Source Control
2. @rmcastil
5. FEAR of not finishing
10. > tree example example └── foo.rb 0 directories, 1 file
11. > tree example example ├── 20130101 │ └── foo.rb ├── 20130106 │ └── foo.rb ├── 20130123 └── foo.rb 3 directories, 3 files
12. Source Control = Saved Games
13. > tree example example/ └── foo.rb 0 directories, 1 file
14. › glog a7b30de: Initial Commit - (14 minutes ago) 9a7736c: Define the class - (12 minutes ago) ea90c50: Define internal methods - (HEAD, master) (12 minutes ago)
15. “I remember when I first started using source control it made me feel BRAVER” Some Dude
16. Programming != Linear
17. Git Branches = Alt Endings
18. HOME WORK • Install Git! • Create your first commit • Use multiple branches for a feature
19. USEFUL LINKS • http://try.github.com/levels/1/ challenges/1 • http://gitimmersion.com/
20. Questions?