MIAP Handling Complex Media

Welcome to the practice repository

Presentation Slides

Setting up Github

1. If you don't already have one, Set up an account on https://github.com. Save your new account in your favorite password manager. If you don't have a password manager, consider getting one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_manager

2. Install GitHub Desktop on your computer: https://desktop.github.com/

Practice Excercise

1. Go to https://github.com/jfarbowitz/miap_hcm and fork the miap_hcm repository by clicking the "Fork" button in the top right corner of the browser window. This will create a copy of the repository in your own account.

2. Open GitHub Desktop and make sure you are logged in.

3. Click the "Clone a repository from the Internet" button

4. Choose the forked repository in your account

5. Always click "Fetch Origin" and merge new changes before starting any new work.

6. Create a new markdown file titled [your name].md.

7. Hack away on your local computer! Add some text, images, URLs, code snippets to the .md file describing an important concept you learned in MIAP.

8. Save the .md file.

9. Commit your changes.

10. If you are working on your local computer, push your chages to Github.com

11. Submit a pull request.

Checking the Results

1. Check to make sure the pull request is approved. If it is not approved, you may need to make changes.

2. When your pull request is merged, I'll create a link to it on the Github page for this repository, which is here: https://jfarbowitz.github.com/miap_hcm

For Reference

GitHub guide to Markdown: https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/

Make a Contribution

See the resources here: https://github.com/amiaopensource/time-based-media-art and if you see something missing, make a contribution!