Git vs Github?
A quick aside: You may have seen references to “git” in addition to “Github”. These are not the same thing (although they are related).
Git
Git is a set of command line tools that implement version control. For example:
git commit -am "Made changes X and Y to the project because of Z."
could be used to save a new version of a project using a terminal.
Github
By contrast, Github is a company that implements a more user-friendly platform around the git tools. In particular, it uses a desktop app and website to implement version control. For example, this:
is a snapshot of the desktop interface. In this workshop, we will focus exclusively on Github.