- yes, we want github.com and not the iu github. E.g. iu github is not a true open source platform. As we do open source, iu github is not meeting our goals.
- when applying for an account, make sure that you use the correct e-mail, and check the e-mail as you will get invitations from github that you need to accept.
- you can set upi github so you recieve e-mails when a TA or instructir changes things.
- Before starting anything you should do always a git pull
- Leanr about github
- a very nice feature is github issues that we want you to learn. It allows you to organize your tasks and even create weekly milestones that you can use.
- in addition if you use bulleted liste with a [ ] in it it creates cliackble bullet lists. A super cool feature.
- it is important that you fill out forms correctly
- when we ask you for a github account, we ask you for the github account. Please research the differene between an e-mail and an accountname on github
- make sure you use the same capitalization
- When using bullet points do not copy strange characters from words itemized list, but use the "star" above the eight on the keyboard.
- You will have noticed that github has a maximum length of characters for text. It is best to use at most 80 characters
- Emacs suppports this super simple in its auto-fill-mode with ESC-q it even formats bulleted lists
- pyCharm supports this through configurations
- we do not recommend to use editors that do not support this feature. Look up your editors documentation