Open Source, Git, and GitHub

Created by Paul Tyng / @ptyng

What is Open Source?

• Why share? What's the benefit?
• Free? Really?
• How do companies make money?
• Can I use this in my own project/homework?

Real Life Examples

OS: Android / Linux

Browsers (in part), Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.

Popular software alternatives: Open office, Blender

Core pieces of almost all software

What is a Version Control System?

What is Git?

https://try.github.io

What is GitHub?

https://desktop.github.com/

https://education.github.com/pack/join

How do people develop Open Source together?

Node.js pull requests on GitHub: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pulls

Forking:
https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/

Advanced Stuff on GitHub

• Static site hosting
• 3D models: https://help.github.com/articles/3d-file-viewer/
• Maps: https://github.com/blog/1528-there-s-a-map-for-that
• For Teachers:
  • https://github.com/blog/2055-teachers-manage-your-courses-with-classroom-for-github
  • https://classroom.github.com/
• Atom: https://atom.io/