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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 25,795 PointsAll this command line stuff...
...why wouldn't you use the GitHub Desktop app to do the file management and push updates and everything?
Is GitHub Desktop something new and this video is old? Or am I missing something?
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Tom Phillips
897 PointsBecause to go outside of of your dev environment is time consuming. You can use Git desktop if you like. But if itβs just to avoid using the terminal, youβll be cheating yourself out of a valuable skill that is required knowledge as a developer. Go slow, take it step by step and before you know it, youβll be just as annoyed by having to leave the terminal π