This is a sample repository for the Wolfram Summer School 2017 you can clone or fork this repository to get started

Thing to do to get started with GIT:

https://github.com/join

you can either create a new repo or fork this one

you need to give write permission to that repo to your tutor and to @alisonkimball in instructors.csv you can find a list of all instructors.

On OSX / Wndows:
Download and install github desktop:
https://desktop.github.com

On Ubuntu:
Download and install git kraken:
https://www.gitkraken.com
Login and authenticate with GitHub
https://support.gitkraken.com/integrations/github

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

by clicking on the button CLONE OR DOWNLOAD and then to OPEN IN DESKTOP

a nice cheatsheet can be found here: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet the readme should contain:

1. what your project is about
2. how to run your code
3. examples, code documentation, etc

in this repository you will find 2 different ways to organize your code, the simple way and the programmer way.

you split your logic into functions that you need for your projects and notebooks that you use to visualize data and show final results.

1. the code is in starthere/simple.m
2. the notebook used for visualization is in starthere/simple.nb

I prepared a very simple project paclet you can use, it provides a way to organize your code and your data

1. the code is in paclet in starthere/Project folder
2. raw source data can be put in starthere/Project/Assets/ folder
3. the notebook used for visualization is in starthere/advanced.nb