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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
I'm into year 10 of my current career path and this project I'm on now is the first time I've seen and used git. Coincidentally I was learning to use git for the first time right around build season in 2015, so I was learning it at the same time my programming students were! That led to some fun times.
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Yes! I have been there before too... especially when the cRIO was first brought in. That was a big paradigm change for FRC... and then again but to a much lesser degree with the roboRIO introduction. But I must say it is a great experience to learn things along side the students. It helps them to see that we continue learning throughout our lives. Regardless of the level of experience we have there are always new things to learn and figure out.
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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
Yes, the bottom line is that students need to get used to the idea that they don't work in isolation - that there is version control, team collaboration, and the concept of risk management (don't deploy new code until it has been tested!) (One of my proudest moments this year was actually when our most "enthusiastic" programming student said "I think we should just leave it for now. It works, and the drive team is doing well with what we've got. We can fix [the remaining issues] in between now and our next competition." YES!)
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Awesome! I applaud that realization. It shows a level of maturity and experience. I think that too many times changes are made when they are not needed and often have unintended consequences. You should be proud that you have instilled this level of consideration into your students. This is possibly the biggest lesson that they can learn from our experience. Think things through before you make a change... and review the change (preferably with another set of eyes looking over your shoulder) before you deploy it.
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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
Git is a good system but it is not the only system and it is not the best system. There is some thinly-veiled "git is best" attitude in this thread.
Prior to git, I've used ClearCase/ClearQuest, a stupidly obtuse one called Continuus, and CVS.
I do like gitflow and I'm getting used to Github, but I'm told that coming from a ClearCase mindset is actually making it harder for me to wrap my head around git concepts. So I totally understand if students are confused.
The YouTube link posted earlier is a great presentation.
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I definitely will check out that link. I'm interested to see what it has to offer by way of process and explanations.
Never too old to learn new tricks... but old enough to be skeptical that new tricks are always better than the old ones.
Thanks!