Mod 0 Session 3 Readings

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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://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. Open direct messages menu: Command + shift + K
2. Search current channel or coversation: Command + F
3. Upload a file: Command + U

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:
• Imagine you are someone who has just been arrested after being pulled over. The first place you go is the holding cell to await booking. People can go into to holding cell and peolple can get out. The holing cell is your staging area. But if you are booked, you are assigned a prison number. Think of being booked as a commit in git.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

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

1. Let me know if my example doesn't make sense.

These are solid shortcuts Trond! I encourage you to utilize Cmd + / and Cmd + [ or ] as they will also speed up your Slack navigation. Your metaphor/example makes perfect sense, and it's still a useful way to make sense of the staging area.