Homework 1

Due by Tuesday, Februrary 4 at 11:59pm.

Get acquainted with Git and GitHub

Nothing to turn in for this section, but please do the following:

If you haven’t already, finish the Tech Setup for Git/Github.
Read this tutorial to get more familiar with version control terminology. We’ll deepen our understanding of Git/Github as we go throughout the semester.

Practice Keyboard Shortcuts

Nothing to turn in for this section, but please do the following:

The benefits of being fluent with keyboard shortcuts will be immediately useful, and it will take time to practice these shortcuts.
Use the keyboard shortcut notes as an introduction to the shortcuts we’ll use in this course.

File Organization Practice - Set up your personal website

Please do the following:

Create a new Github Repository, called username.github.io (replace username with your Github username). I encourage you to make the repository public; if you choose to make it private, add the instructor as a collaborator.
Clone this repository to your local machine using Github Desktop (click Set up in Desktop). Set the Local Path to your website folder in your class folder.
Follow this guide written by Professor Brianna Heggeseth to set up a personal website (a possible digital portfolio) using Quarto.

Turn in your work

Share the link to your published basic Quarto website on Slack in the #sharing-is-caring channel. If you prefer to not use your real name on a published website, you may use a fake name (alter ego) in the quarto website documents.

File Organization Practice - Tidy Tuesday

As review of Comp/Stat 112 (See https://bcheggeseth.github.io/112_fall_2024/ for course notes), participate in the most recent Tidy Tuesday challenge.

Create a new Github Repository, call it TidyTuesday. I encourage you to make the repository public; if you choose to make it private, add the instructor as a collaborator.
Clone this repository to your local machine using Github Desktop (click Set up in Desktop). Set the Local Path to your homework folder in your class folder
Within this folder, create a folder named the date of the tidy tuesday in yyyy-mm-dd format.
Within the yyyy-mm-dd folder, create a new qmd file. Read in the data (use the read_csv() approach) and explore the data. The Readme for the TidyTuesday has documentation about the data for the week.
Use the week’s data to create one visual that tells a story. Don’t spend more than 1-2 hours on this, but use it as an opportunity to review 112 material.
Push your work to Github using Github Desktop.

Turn in your work

share an image (png or jpeg) of a visual you created for the Tidy Tuesday that you are proud of in the #sharing-is-caring channel on Slack
share a link to a Github repository created for your Tidy Tuesday work to the #sharing-is-caring channel on Slack.

Concepts to Know