Introduction and Overview

Introduction and Overview#

Learning Objectives#

After working through this topic, you should be able to:

  • explain why code-heavy research requires a robust Version Control system

  • explain why GitHub is more efficient than Dropbox for collaboration

  • understand the difference between git and GitHub on a high level

  • explain the benefits of learning git via the command line instead of a GUI

Materials#

Video:

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Paper documenting trends in number of authors per econ paper

Quiz#