Introduction to Tools and Techniques in Computer Science

Introduction

Franklin Bristow

Now we can (safely!) make changes to code without destroying something that’s already working using version control. While using version control to manage our own projects on our own work is useful in and of itself, it’s not the only way that we can use version control. Most of the time we actually want to use version control with other people: either by working together on a project with someone else, or by getting and using software that other people have made.

We’re going to keep looking at version control, but we’re going to switch to taking a look at how we can manage projects: how can we organize the things that we need to do for a project, how can we plan out how we’re going to do a project, and how do we work together with other people on a project?

By the end of this week you should be able to: