StatsChat course

Welcome to the StatsChat course!!! All of the course materials can be found here.

We will use this GitHub repo to submit exercises, review code, and ask questions. To start collaborating in the repo we need to get set up.

Create a GitHub account

If you already have a GitHub account you can skip these steps.

1. Go to GitHub and click 'Sign up' (top right)
2. Enter:
   • Your email address. Just use a work email address if you only intend to use GitHub for work.
   • A secure password. You will also need to set up at least one form of two-factor authentication to keep your account secure.
   • A username. There's some good advice about creating a GitHub username here.
3. Click Create Account
4. Verify your email (check your inbox)
5. Choose Free Plan when prompted
6. Customise your profile (add picture, bio etc.). If you'd rather not add any personal information that is fine too.
7. Request write access to the statschat-course repo.

If you have any problems please check the guidance on GitHub.

Clone the statschat-course repo

Open up VS Code and load a new terminal. If you have Git already installed on your local machine you can use Git Bash.

pwd # check your current directory
cd Projects # switch to a different directory e.g. Projects
git clone https://github.com/tech-acs/statschat-course.git # make a local copy of the repo
cd statschat-course # change your current directory to the repo

Create your own branch

Create a branch with your GitHub username. For example, mine is 'rcatlord' so I would enter:

git checkout -b rcatlord

Next we need to push that branch to the statschat-course repo.

git push -u origin rcatlord

You are now set up! You can push your work to your individual branch of the statschat-course repo.

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If you have any questions please just post an issue.