I’m trying to setup a workflow for non-programmer students in an ‘intro to creative coding’ class to submit simple HTML/JS assignments via Github.
I’ve setup a Github classroom and created an assignment (with private repos for each student). However, my ‘simple’ setup guide is already long and complex due to the constant switching between the Atom editor , Github Desktop, and the Classroom and Github web Interfaces. Can someone suggest a simple workflow for this use-case (without the cmd-line)?
Ideally, I think, one could paste an assignment invitation into an app, clone their repo and begin editing; then preview in a browser, commit, push, pull as needed from the editor…
It doesn’t exist right now, but it would be possible to build an Atom plugin that would take the student from a Classroom assignment to editing it locally on their machine.
I’d be really interested to pursue such a feature.
Based on what you said, the guide for the student should be something along the lines of:
Agreed. I was thinking about a version of Github Desktop that included Atom (which could be used, at very least, for commit messages), but an Atom plugin might be equally useful. For those of us teaching in labs that are locked down, being able to tell a sysadmin to install a single app (Desktop w’ Atom) is better than specifying specific packages to be installed, but either way is possible…
So, if there is interest, I can start on an atom plugin to do some or all of the above? Would people be interested in such a thing? And if so, are there specific features we’d want? Perhaps this should be moved to a new ticket?
We prefer to introduce them to VIM and the Bash Command Line (even at 8) over Atom. When we do use an editor other than VIM it is through CodeAnywhere. We have a simple save:
In general I think hiding this stuff from students who are otherwise capable of doing it, just slowly, might do them a disservice unless we eventually teach them how.
The bigger issue is multiple student management from a single physical classroom workstation through GitHub. If that could be built into Atom somehow it would be ideal. Most organizations do not have individual logins to their workstations for each student.