Organizing your programming

[GreyingJay]

I know this thread is a few days old, but...

Originally Posted by JohnM

My team has attempted GitHub, nobody really liked it on my team. I see the value in it, but it did mess up some things and I don't see it as very reliable when not many know how to use it properly. Do any of you use a different way?

Right now my plan is basically to use Google Drive to store archives of different versions of a programming project so that we can backtrack if necessary and have the programmers of the team fill out forms for the lead programmer to read and approve of changed to the programming project being worked on.

NO. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.

This could work if there's like two people working on the code, and if your code is super simple. But honestly, if anyone plans to work in the software development world, you're going to need to learn how to use version control. Now is as good a time as any.

I agree with others - git and github are not the easiest thing to wrap your head around. If nobody really gets what's going on, it can be even more frustrating. Trust me, I've been there. What you need to do is find someone who understands this stuff and get them to work with you until you understand it too. Even if this takes a few days or a few weeks, this is absolutely worth the time investment.

There are different ways to use git and github. The easiest is to have one repository on github for your projects, add your students as contributors, and let them each develop code in their own branches. (No forking.) Use a variation on the Git Flow software development model.