What is GIT?

There is one piece of technology that was never really mentioned until late into my CS degree and that would be version control. This is the main reason for this post, since I think it is actually a good thing to know about and exactly how important it is to get familiar with some sort of version control software. The one I will talk about is GIT and github.com, that is because it is free and has a very large community. To make one thing clear, GIT is the version control technology and Github is a website that freely hosts your repository and works with GIT. A repository is just a place where your code is stored. The nice thing about GIT is that it makes different versions of your code. That means when you change your code and it doesn't work you can just go back to the previous version and start over. It is good to know and use GIT because when you get a job they will probably use some sort of version control system. Also GIT has become a place for programmers to showcase their work to potential employers. It can even make doing homework for a computer science degree easier since you don't have to worry about messing up. You can start learning git on their website here.