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About this page

This page aims to help you set up git, learn its basics, and make a personal website for you!

Target audience

Anyone who is interested in learning about git and using it to store your projects.

Content structure

The main contents of the page are listed below

  • Introduction and Setup: What is GitHub and Git? How to download Git to your computer? How to download Python + VSCode or R + Rstudio

  • Basic Linux: Introduce working directory, relative pathway, and basic linux commands

  • Set up Git: Link your Git to your GitHub account

  • Basic Git commands: Introduces structure in Git and basic git commands
  • Common project structures and good practices:
  • Make a quick personal website: Use online available format to make you a website

Acknowledgements

I mainly used material from the two fantastic courses
- BST236 Computing I taught by Professor Junwei Lu, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health website
- BST 260 Introduction to Data Science for this website taught by Professor Rafael A.Irrizary Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health website

If any authors have concerns regarding the use of their materials or copyright issues, please contact me via phucvu@gdotharvard.edu. I am committed to respecting intellectual property rights and will promptly address any concerns.