Byron Jaeger: Happier version control with Git and GitHub

American Statistical Association (ASA), Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science (SLDS) September webinar: Happier version control with Git and GitHub Record: September 28, 2021 Presenter: Dr. Byron Jaeger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science at Wake Forest School of Medicine. His research interests include prediction models, machine learning, and statistical programming, as well as collaborating with researchers in hypertension, cardiovascular disease and heart failure. Abstract: Git is the industry-standard platform for version control, and GitHub is the online platform for managing git projects. I will give a broad overview of the git application and GitHub platform, with specific applications illustrated with Rstudio. Following the book, "Happy git with R" by Jenny Bryan, I will show how to set up a GitHub account and connect it to Rstudio, create Rstudio projects that use git for version checking, and manage these projects using GitHub. I will demonstrate key verbs in the git language, including adding files to be committed, committing changes to files, and pushing changes into GitHub. I will also show elementary examples of collaboration with GitHub. For more information about or to join ASA SLDS, visit https://community.amstat.org/slds/home https://www.amstat.org/