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Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 20 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

  1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document.
  2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
  3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

Slack Shortcuts and Features (10 min)

Use Google to go find at least one online resource detailing keyboard shortcuts and/or features that are built into Slack.

  • What resource(s) did you find? Paste them below:

  1. I googled "slack keyboard shortcuts" and found that you can type command + / on Slack to view a list of shortcuts. (https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts)

  2. This site also provided good insight into Slack (https://www.fastcompany.com/3068379/five-slack-hacks-that-can-keep-you-productive-no-matter-what)

  • What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that will contribute to your productivity?

  1. Cmd + . - this shortcut opens or closes the right pane.

  2. Cmd + u - this shortcut uploads a link to Slack.

  3. Opt + Up/Down - this shortcut moves between channels/DMs.

What's the use of the staging area in git? on Stackoverflow (10 min)

The idea of the staging area is frequently one of the trickiest concepts to wrap your head around when you're first learning git. Read the question and answers (or do your own Googling on the git staging area). Then, create your own metaphor comparing the staging area to something in real life.

  • Type your metaphor below:

    -Git is similar to decorating Christmas cookies. You have a group of cookies that are going to be decorated. These undecorated cookies are like the files in the git directory that are going to be modified. Once the cookies are decorated, they are placed on a cookie sheet. The cookie sheet represents the staging area. When files are modified, they are placed in the staging area. Each cookie on the cookie sheet (file in the staging area) can be evaluated before it is placed in the cookie jar. The process of putting the decorated cookie in the jar is like committing the file. Although cookies generally go through this process only once, files can pass through this process many times. Git also saves each version of the file history.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions that you would an instructor to address, list them below:

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katiescruggs commented May 11, 2019

Great job, @tschaffer1618!

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