GitHub is a site for sharing and collaborating on code, and for careful tracking of changes as you progress. As of right now, it is the best way to organize your work in R, to showcase it to employers, or to share it with collaborators.
Using Git and GitHub takes some getting used to, and can be frustrating at times even to experts. We will use it only in the most basic form in this course.
Create an account on GitHub.com, if you have not already.
Ideally, your username will be related to your real name, e.g. “kbodwin” rather than “SuperKrazy2000”. However, this is not required; choose whatever username you prefer.
Create a private repository called “Test Repo”.
Create a new text file called “My favorite”. Copy-paste your favorite quote or poem into the file.
Take a screenshot of your repository. It should look similar to 9:43 of the video.