Catriona O'Leary

[CCOLEARY]

Hello everyone! Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you go through your health data science journey :tada:. Tick each item as your complete it!

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Week 2: Your first repository

• [x] 1. Install GitHub desktop and connect it to your GitHub account
• [x] 2. Create a public repository and add a readme file
• [x] 3. Publish the repository to GitHub
• [x] 4. Add a new file in your local repository, commit the file addition, and push it to the remote repository on GitHub
• [x] 5. Modify the new file (or the Readme file), commit the change, and push it to the remote repository on GitHub
• [x] 6. Comment on this issue with a link to your repository

Week 4: Rmarkdown

• [ ] 1. Create a new public repository on GitHub Desktop and add a readme file.
• [ ] 2. Publish the repository to GitHub
• [ ] 3. Open RStudio and create a new project in an existing directory (the directory of your repository)
• [ ] 4. Download the file "R_Rstudio_Rmarkdown.Rmd" from the week 4 "Practical: R markdown" section on MyAberdeen and save it in your project
• [ ] 5. Work through the Rmarkdown file, remembering to commit and push your changes to the remote repository on GitHub
• [ ] 6. Optional: if you have questions you'd like to discuss with your group members, create issues on GitHub and let them know
• [ ] 7. Comment on this issue with a link to your new repository

Week 5: Practical: reading data in R

• [ ] 1. Create a new public repository on GitHub Desktop and add a readme file. This will be the main repository for the R material from this course, so give it a good name :smiley:
• [ ] 2. Publish the repository to GitHub
• [ ] 3. Open RStudio and create a new project in an existing directory (the directory of your repository)
• [ ] 4. Create an appropriate folder structure according to the good coding practices discussed in week 5
• [ ] 5. Download the data files and Rmarkdown file from the week 5 "Practical: reading data in R" section on MyAberdeen and save them in the appropriate folders in your project
• [ ] 6. Work through the Rmarkdown file, remembering to commit and push your changes to the remote repository on GitHub
• [ ] 7. Optional: if you have questions you'd like to discuss with your collaborators, create issues on GitHub and let them know
• [ ] 8. Comment on this issue with a link to your new repository

Week 6-10: Your project Now that you have become familiar with GitHub, you can start using it to prepare your report, and get help and feedback from your group members.

• [ ] Comment on this issue with a link to your report repository

[CCOLEARY]

Here is the link to my repository: https://github.com/CCOLEARY/ToyRepo

I found it quite difficult to get the hang of using the program, especially swapping between ASC and grit hub. I think with time and practice I'll get more used to it and hopefully it will become second nature. Regarding adding a file, I was unsure whether you can outright at a document. In the end I copy and pasted an article into the text on ASC. If there is something I've missed in the software or if this is not the task I was meant to do please let me know.

[dblana]

Hi Catriona, your repository looks good! I'm not sure what you mean by ASC..? When you are working locally on your computer, you can just add any file into your repository directory (in the same way you move files around your computer). This will show up as a "change" that you need to commit in GitHub Desktop.

[CCOLEARY]

Apologies I meant VSC as in visual studio code. My version seems different to the one on the tutorial video we were sent. Thank you for the information that really helps, I think I understand it now.