Comprehensive Guide to GitHub for Data Scientists

The purpose behind this article is to give data scientists / analysts (or any non engineering focused individual) the rundown on how to use GitHub and what best practices to adhere to. The tutorial will consist of a combination guidelines using the UI and command line (terminal). The naming convention for Git commands are consistent across the platforms provided by GitHub so the skills should be exchangeable if you prefer to use Github desktop or GitLab instead of the web UI or command line. The following is the outline for the article. GitHub or any version control software is important for any software development projects, including those which are data driven. GitHub is a software which allows version control of your projects through a tool known as Git.