From the course: Visual Studio: Source Control with Git and GitHub

Don’t be afraid of the GUI - Visual Studio Tutorial

From the course: Visual Studio: Source Control with Git and GitHub

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Don’t be afraid of the GUI

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- [Instructor] Git is the go-to version control system for most developers. It's adoption rate is high, with more companies and programmers switching to Git every day. The open-source world has embraced Git too. It's powerful distributive system has made it possible for programmers to collaborate on projects big and small from anywhere on the planet. Open-source needs a source on the internet and GitHub is the first choice for open-source projects. Whether it is a small community project or a massive corporate API. You'll find it hosted on GitHub which makes it the number one Git hosting service. GitHub brings together the world's largest community of developers to discover, share, and build better software. It's not just for open-source stuff. It has full support for private team repositories too. Git was conceived as a command line tool. Enter a command and parameter in your favorite Shell program and interact with your code repository. Many of us are happy to spend our day writing command like this. Despite the usefulness of Git commands, research shows that a substantial percentage of developers prefer working with graphical tools and IDEs. I spend a huge slice of my day in Visual Studio. I appreciate how a well-crafted user experience makes everyday tasks easier. Consider this, as Git popularity increases, so does the investment in tooling for IDEs. In this course, we'll focus on what's helpful in Visual Studio. There is a lot of work happening in the Visual Studio Code Editor too. My suggestion for you, don't be afraid of the GUI. Let's explore how to use the GIT tooling in Visual Studio and incorporate it into your daily coding experience.

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