From e4859bbd92d94b8ebfe8e4a151e947e53dff96a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 14:48:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add essential data science post --- posts/essential_data_science_git.mdwn | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/essential_data_science_git.mdwn diff --git a/posts/essential_data_science_git.mdwn b/posts/essential_data_science_git.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec551d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/essential_data_science_git.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!meta title="Essential Data Science: Git"]] + +Having a new student join me to work in the lab reminded me that I +should collect some of the many resources around for getting started +in bioinformatics and any data-based science in general. So towards +this end, one of the first essential tools for any data scientist is a +knowledge of [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)). + +Start first with [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1](Code +School's simple introduction to git) which gives you the basics of +using git from the command line. + +Then, check out +[set of lectures on Git and GitHub](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5-da3qGB5IBLMp7LtN8Nc3Efd4hJq0kD) +which goes into setting up git and using it with github. This is a set +of lectures which was used in a Data Science course. + +Finally, I'd check out +[the set of resources on github](https://help.github.com/articles/good-resources-for-learning-git-and-github/) +for even more information, and then learn to love the +[git manpages](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git.html). + + +[[!tag biology bioinformatics essential-data-science]] -- 2.39.2