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Luis Martín
1,439 PointsWhy not cloning the source files from the Github repo?
I've just watched this video, but there's something I've found awkward and inconvenient for someone who wants to start coding projects.
Just because the source html, css, and js files are all in Github, it would have been much faster to clone that repo from the console:
git clone https://github.com/treehouse/emerson.git
instead of downloading the zip to the user's computer, and then upload all the downloaded files up to the workspace.
Just to start with good practices. Just my humble opinion ;)
Abraham Juliot
47,353 PointsScott, you can indeed clone repos in any workspace's console. Just remember to refresh the file tree after the installation is complete.
Scott Lougheed
19,390 PointsScott Lougheed
19,390 PointsFor a student who is working in a local development environment you could do that. This wouldn't work for students using Workspaces, so the directions are for those who are using workspaces.