Martin and Edward talk to Sara Ford about getting started using Gitwith Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, using Git on Windows, andbest practices getting set up on the command line. They wade into adiscussion of git merge --squash versus git rebase --interactive,and Sara explains human factors in software development and prescriptiveand descriptive software design.
And a bonus Git commentary: Ed explains why you need that crazy double-dashwhen you want to check out a single file.
Sara Ford is back at Microsoft on the Azure AD B2C team! Previously,she worked at GitHub and also at Microsoft… a couple of times. 😊 Sarastarted her career working on Microsoft's developer tools, includingVisual Studio and CodePlex, where she's authored a couple of books onVisual Studio with Microsoft Press. In 2011, she became a DistinguishedFellow in the Dept of Engineering at Mississippi State University.In 2015, Sara received her Masters degree in Human Factors (HCI / UX)at San Jose State University because she wants to make developer toolsmore usable. Sara's life-long dream is to be a 97-year-old weightlifterso she can be featured on the local news.
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