Overview

Due before class Wednesday October 5th.

The goal is to test your software installation, our GitHub setup, and our homework submission process via pull request.

Fork the hw01 repository

Go here to fork the repo for homework 01.

Edit README.md

When you create the repository, you will notice there is only one file in the repo: README.md. In future assignments, the repo will be seeded with additional files/data that are necessary to get started.

If you are already familiar with GitHub, edit the README.md any way you wish.

If you are new to Git and GitHub, click on the README link in the area that looks like a file browser. Click on the pencil and make an edit. Then head down to “Commit changes”. Enter a short commit message. Then click “Commit changes”. This is how you can edit files in GitHub repository through the browser. If you are still mystified by Git(Hub), you can use this browser-based method to edit README.md until you get more comfortable with using Git locally and pushing to GitHub. However, if at all possible, implement a more powerful workflow:

• Pull from GitHub (just an empty precaution now, but will matter when you collaborate with others)
• Make changes locally to README.md in RStudio
• Save your changes
• Commit your changes to your repo
• Push the commit to GitHub

At the very least, change README.md to something like “This is the repository of Benjamin Soltoff for homework 01,” just to prove you have been there. Practice making a link, for example, to the main course webpage. The goal here is to demonstrate you have setup your software correctly.

Report your process

Include a description of how you got the changes into README.md on GitHub when you submit your assignment via pull request.

• Did you edit in the browser at GitHub.com?
• Did you pull, edit locally, save, commit, push to GitHub.com?

You’re encouraged to reflect on what was hard/easy, problems you solved, helpful tutorials you read, etc.

Submit the assignment

Follow instructions on homework workflow.

Rubric

Check minus: README.md says equivalent of “This is the repository of Benjamin Soltoff”. All work done via browser at github.com … but that’s just a guess, because student doesn’t actually say how it was done.

Check: something in between

Check plus: README.md provides a proper introduction of student to the class. It also demonstrates experimentation with 4 or more aspects of the Markdown syntax. Examples: section headers, links, bold, italic, bullet points, image embed, etc. The student describes how they got the changes into README.md and offers a few reflections on their GitHub workflow and their experience with Markdown.