Examples of how GitHub is used

GitHub is used for:

• Collaboration
• Code sharing and documentation
• Online portfolio of your work
• Open Educational Resources
• Open Data
• Open Source
• Project Management
• Social networking
• Version Control
• Websites
• Writing papers

Example repos:

• Example individual: Rachael Ainsworth
• Example individual: Tania Allard
• Example organisation: Open Data Manchester
• Example organisation: R Ladies Global
• Example collaborative project (not software): The Turing Way
• Example collaborative project (software): Pooch
• Fun random example: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules
• Fun random example: JPL Open Source Rover Project

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