From ‘What’s Git?’ to ‘I can’t live without it.
I recall the initial encounter with Git and GitHub. It was like entering a huge, unmapped world. The commands, the processes — it was too much. But as I traversed this new world, I came to understand that learning these tools was not merely about learning version control; it was about joining a worldwide community of developers, all working together and sharing their creations. Today, I invite you on a tour of Git and GitHub, demystifying their technicalities and demonstrating how they can revolutionize your development process.
Understanding Git: The Backbone of Version Control
At its simplest, Git is a distributed version control system developed by Linus Torvalds in 2005. It’s built to manage small and very large projects with ease and speed. So what does that do for you as a developer?
Suppose you’re developing a project, and you alter something that causes something to break. Without version control, you might have to go through your code to locate and correct the problem. With Git, you can just switch back to an earlier version of your project, which saves time and headache. It’s like having a time machine for code.