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		exelius on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guide for Technical Development Right, but if you've never used one, you don't know what you're missing. The default of coding without one works just fine for most school projects.

JoeAltmaier on May 12, 2015 [–]

Yet students are among those MOST confused by "it worked a minute ago; what did I change that broke it?!" Keeping your code under source control allows answering that question. A useful tool and lesson for the student.

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