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I am trying out git on my local system, and I am a complete beginner, that is I have 0 knowledge of git. For a starting I wish to undertake some kind of project to get the hang of how it works. I wish to do it locally, but if you are interested, I am ready to work as a team on GitHub. Do you have any idea ? It ought to be graphical and fun !

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[–] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If you want html is fine. You could also just write anything like a story, a shopping list, a schedule of chores anything really.

What's your goal with learning git? Is it to learn programming?

[–] LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Now you're suggesting me very creative methods regarding how l can use git in my daily life. Maybe l could even create an ui for this purpose :)))

But yes, I do wish to get into programming, as that's what's going to become a major source of employment, whether we work in some kind of organisation or work in some sort of decentralised setup.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Basically anything you want to track the changes to can be used with git.

If you want to get into programming something I would recommend is deciding if you want front end or back end development. What that means is like do you want to do ui/ux or computation work? The basics are similar but quickly diverge. Html is front end, it's making things look good and easy for the user. Something like rust or c# is more backend. Do you want to design what the user sees or how to solve problems?

[–] LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I need to learn and experiment a lot. The picture emerges as l progress. Designing what the user sees is also a problem.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Sounds like you like front end better. Html and css are basics of web design and good starting points, some JavaScript might also be beneficial. Here's a fun thing you can do, go to most websites, press f12 and it will open "developer tools". You can then mess around with the website like changing fonts or editing text or inserting pictures. It will only be on your computer and only exist till you close the tab/window but fun to play with

Btw totally don't do this on your friends twitter page and edit the text of their tweet to make them look bad, screenshot it and then use it as blackmail. Totally do not recommend and I never made it look like my friends posting pictures of shirtless men riding unicorns over a rainbow ... Nope that never happened and you should not do that .... 😀

[–] LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I really need to learn the use of those f keys 😄😄😄😄😄

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

You really don't. F1 help f11 full screen f12 developer tools,that's all you need to know

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago

Oh forgot f5 for refresh

[–] LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I've used f4 for shutting down the system.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago

Only with alt but yes