This is a template or model repository for Girl Develop It's technical track repos.

To prevent "repo sprawl" (creating repos for individual courses), GDI has track- or subject-matter-specific repositories that contain individual courses:

• HTML & CSS
• JavaScript
• Python
• User Experience
• Data Science
• Tech 101

❗ Use this template repo to create a new technical track or subject-matter repository; do not use this template to start a new course.

• To start a new course, go to a specific track repo (see the list above) and use the _course-template folder in that repo.

Content

This template repo contains a _course-template folder and a shared-assets folder.

The _course-template folder is the template for creating individual courses that go into the primary track or subject-matter repo.

• The _course-template folder includes a README with instructions for creating courses.

The shared-assets folder holds custom GDI css, images, js files that all course folders in a primary track repo reference.

• ❗ Do not add course-specific assets or content to the shared-assets folder.

Usage

To create a new track or subject-matter repo:

• Start and name a new repo in GDI's main or organizational github account
  

• Duplicate the contents of this template repo and add them to the new repo
  

• Delete the contents of this README, and update with a description about the new repo
  

• Duplicate the _course-template folder to create or start new courses

  • ❗ Do not delete the _course-template folder; it should always be available to create other courses
  • A track repo can contain more than one course
    

• Make sure to include/keep the shared-assets folder in the new repo
  

• Create a .gitignore file in the new repo's root directory to exclude hidden system files
  

• RECOMMENDED: Create an empty .nojekyll file in the new repo's root directory; this allows the repo to bypass Jekyll processing for Github Pages