How to teach Git

Version control is a necessary piece of the Python community, and Git has a steep learning curve. Georgia Reh discusses the lessons she's learned teaching Git to beginners so you won't have to make the same mistakes.

In a talk aimed at prospective Git teachers or mentors, Georgia Reh discusses the lessons she’s learned teaching Git to beginners so you don’t make the same mistakes. It’s easy to forget that the tools we use everyday aren’t actually intuitive for beginners. Georgia helps educators anticipate where their students’ confusion and questions might be coming from and suggests some dos and don’ts for how to talk about Git without relying heavily on terminology.