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February 07, 2013
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Video Games and Source Control

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

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Ryan Castillo

February 07, 2013
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  1. Video Games and Source Control

  2. @rmcastil

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  5. FEAR of not finishing

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  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?