Source Control with GitHub Integration - 2021 Aug 25

Alpha Anywhere Q&A for 2021 Aug 25 - Publish Fearlessly! Sarah shows us everything we need to know about setting up and using GitHub for source control.

(0:00)
(1:16) DevCon Mention
(1:53) Source Control
(2:35) What is Source Control?
(3:09) What is a Repository?
(3:32) Why use Source Control?
(4:58) Types of Source Control Systems
(6:06) Difference between Git and GitHub
(6:45) Creating a GitHub Repository
(8:14) Connecting Alpha Anywhere to a GitHub Repository
(8:42) Setup in GitHub
(12:52) Setup in Alpha Anywhere
(18:28) Basic Workflow when using GitHub
(19:41) WARNING: Alpha Anywhere Component Files cannot be manually merged.
(21:00) Commit Early. Commit Often.
(22:44) Bad Practices
(25:10) Handling More Complex Needs
(25:53) Do I have to use GitHub?
(26:21) Useful Git Commands
(31:12) Cheatsheet - see link below
(32:20) GitHub Desktop
(34:34) Q&A: Can you show setting up GitHub for an existing project?
(36:38) Q&A: Were you entering a password or the personal access token?
(39:51) Q&A: Are there project settings we need to copy over?
(42:39) Q&A: Can you show how to roll back after you committed a bad file?
(46:55) Q&A: How do you keep/save/commit API settings if they are not part of the App?
(49:11) Q&A: Can you explain branches and their use?
(55:41) Q&A: How should you save/commit code that is broken or work in progress?


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--- LINKS ---

GitHub Cheatsheet:
training.github.com/downloads/github-git-cheat-sheet/

Alpha Shell Webinar
https://youtu.be/7YnyopGNWAE

Login Security System Files
https://github.com/alphaanywhere/security

Portable SQL in Documentation
https://documentation.alphasoftware.com/documentation/index?search=server%20ref%20sql%20portable%20sql

Alpha DevCon 2021 Event Registration
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Alpha Software Documentation:
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Xbasic Guide PDF:
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Alpha Anywhere Release Notes:
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