Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 20 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

Slack Shortcuts and Features (10 min)

Use Google to go find at least one online resource detailing keyboard shortcuts and/or features that are built into Slack.

• What resource(s) did you find? Paste them below:

1. The Slack site has a great list of all of the keyboard shortcuts availiable. https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts

• What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that will contribute to your productivity?

1. Option + up arrow to return to your previous channel or DM could be very useful when switching between two channels or DMs.
2. Cmnd + f could be a great shortcut to find previous messages.
3. Cmnd + U is a great way to quickly upload files.

What's the use of the staging area in git? on Stackoverflow (10 min)

The idea of the staging area is frequently one of the trickiest concepts to wrap your head around when you're first learning git. Read the question and answers (or do your own Googling on the git staging area). Then, create your own metaphor comparing the staging area to something in real life.

• Type your metaphor below: The staging area is kind of like writing different drafts of a paper. You write your original draft which you can use as a refference. Once you have edited and revised the paper you can always go back and start over using the original draft or subsequent versions that you may have written.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions that you would an instructor to address, list them below: