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. https://www.shortcutfoo.com/app/dojos/slack-win/cheatsheet

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

1. CMD + / opens a quick view of shortcuts just in case I forget (I will probably be using this a lot)
2. CMD + K opens a quick switcher to move between channels and quick search channels by name
3. CMD + F opens a search bar allowing me to search all channels for specific messages

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:

When thinking about git add and the git staging I thought of building legos. If you are the kind of person that buys a lego set to follow the instructions to build as it as exactly is portrayed on the box, you can relate. Imagine building the Millennium Falcon, a overly priced giagantic lego set. If you follow the instructions, which I highly suggest, you would notice that first individual pieces of the set are built and honestly the beginning it makes no sense what you are building. You'll build a small part and then put that down and build another small obscure part, but eventually you'll see these parts will fit together at the end. That is how I view the staging area. The staging area is the place you put all these small seemingly meaningless lego parts before adding them (commiting them) to the final product. Once you are positive you've built the individual smaller portions, then you can add them to the beautiful Millennium Falcon.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

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