ABSTRACT
GitHub’s extensive features and heart in the computer programming community means that it takes a longer time than Dropbox for novice users to set up and become familiar with. All files stored on Dropbox have a Uniform Resource Locator address through which they can be accessed from a computer connected to the internet. Computer programs are also basically large collections of interconnected text files. Researchers often face a number of data management issues that, beyond making their research difficult to reproduce, can make doing the initial research difficult. GitHub is an interface and cloud hosting service built on top of the Git version control system.
