One of the first tools, if not the first tool I would recommend students learn is git (after learning terminal basics, of course). While git can be a little confusing to understand at first, once you learn it’s secrets, the conecepts of a version control system can easily carry you well into a development career. Along the way I’ve picked up on a couple of gems that I’ve found essential to my git workflow, some of which I hope can help kick-start someone else’s git experience.