WKSHP 230225: How to Get Started with GitHub for the Beginner Data Scientist
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Timestamps and links as they come up are below:
00:00:52 Monika explains the “data science journey” to public health scientists, and how it helps them learn and develop their careers.
00:03:44 Example of a blog post from someone on a data science journey (by Sapatarishi): https://buff.ly/3IC9Pjb
00:05:08 Agenda for the workshop
00:06:48 Monika explains Git vs. GitHub. Here is a nice article on it: https://buff.ly/3xTLZtY
🎞️ Monika’s “ETL Pipeline” video: • How to Document Your ETL Pipeline for a Re...
00:13:20 Big picture explanation of how Git and GitHub work for versioning code
00:18:44 Natasha’s lovely dashboards!
🍭CAUTI: https://buff.ly/31Hj7sL
🍭Mass HAI: https://buff.ly/3dJU2jb
00:19:44 What we will be doing in this program
00:22:36 Buy the book! Copy the code!
📕“Mastering SAS Programming for Data Warehousing”: https://buff.ly/31Hz1mg
💾GitHub repository for book: https://buff.ly/3EFU757
00:24:12 Monika describes what is on the profile page, repository pages, and other main pages in GitHub
00:30:44 Can you “Like, Comment and Subscribe” in GitHub? Monika reviews GitHub social media functions.
00:33:44 Monika demonstrates with her profile on GitHub
00:37:19 Reviewing Mika’s GitHub profile and repositories.
00:38:20 Monika uses Mika’s code as an example in a scenario explaining how GitHub handles code versioning when you update your code files on GitHub manually
00:41:45 Monika uses Mika’s GitHub directory to demonstrate .gitkeep and how to create subdirectories in GitHub
00:46:35 Monika coaches Beth on how to make a new test repository and adding .gitkeep file
00:50:15 Monika coaches Beth on how to add a subfolder in the test repository
00:51:40 Monika explains the concept up uploading files to folders and subfolders – and how to upload a README in R Markdown for each folder and subfolder
00:53:55 Demonstrating editing Beth’s profile
00:56:30 How does the code connect to the data in GitHub?
00:58:30 How these concepts connect with R Markdown
01:01:10 Monika and Mika demonstrate uploading files to the test repository, and Monika explains how to mass-update a code repository manually
01:07:00 Linking GitHub to WordPress: Two ways
01:09:04 How to edit or copy a README on GitHub
01:21:10 Practicing searching for people and following them
01:22:40 How to copy someone else’s README and use it for yourself
01:30:45 Markdown online editor: https://buff.ly/2RMTs7Y