In this week's lab, I decided to tackle one of the changes where I was modifying the index.html file and changing some of the text to reflect what the author meant. Through this, I learned about forking repos, creating pull requests, and how to take an issue from an open source project from start to finish. I also learned about Markdown and how it can be applied in application that support it. I found a helpful guide to markdown that I discuss in my screencast video (found below) that is great for helping understand the syntax of Markdown and some of the reasons why it may be easier to use than HTML at times. The GitHub platform has been very fun to learn as well. Coming from a terminal-only version control system, having a front-end interface to work with has been incredibly helpful this time around. Please find more information about GitHub and specifically markdown at the video found below.
8bitDahv explains Markdown - YouTube video by 8bitDahv