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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