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Errors and Poor Practices of Software Engineering Students in Using Git

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Sukru Eraslan,

Julio César Cortés Ríos,

Kamilla Kopec-Harding,

Suzanne M. Embury,

Caroline Jay,

Christopher Page,

Robert HainesAuthors Info & Claims

CEP '20: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3372356.3372364

Published: 10 January 2020 Publication History

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Git is one of the most popular version control systems used by software developers to work collaboratively. Using Git in an educational context allows students to gain skills for real-life projects but they also face challenges when interacting with Git. In this paper, we present a list of errors and poor practices obtained through a focus group study with teaching staff. This list can be used to improve the learning experience and to help teach Git in a more efficient way. The list includes many more items, and has a wider coverage of the elements of collaborative software development, than other studies in this field.

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Errors and Poor Practices of Software Engineering Students in Using Git
1. Applied computing
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    1. Collaboration in software development

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January 2020

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ISBN:9781450377294

DOI:10.1145/3372356

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