Mod 0 Session 3 Readings

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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. https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts

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

1. Command + Up / Option + Down - Move up and down through channels quickly
2. Command + Shift + K - Open Direct messages
3. Command + Shift + A - Open all unread messages

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: I would compare git staging/commiting to the Marvel superhero Hawkeye and his ability to shoot various kinds of arrows from his bow. Hawkeye holds a quiver full various arrows that perform various tasks. He calls them ice_arrow.txt, fire_arrow.txt, trap_arrow, etc. We can call those his 'arrow files'. He can shoot multiple arrows or 'files' at a time, or a single arrow or 'file' for a specific target. He "stages" an arrow by pulling it out of his bag and drawing it on his bow. Shooting the arrow into the sky or at a target would be akin to him 'committing' the arrow. If Hawkeye performs git add fire_arrow.txt, he can also decide to git add ice_arrow.txt which would allow him to draw another, then type git commit -m "Fire and Ice Arrows!" to shoot them both at his target.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

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

Nice work, @djavanm! I'm not familiar with Hawkeye (take my nerd status away), but I love your git staging area metaphor! It makes it really clear that you can add as many things to the staging area as you want and then commit them together.