[purerandomness]

You're setting yourself and the students up for a really bad experience.

People have to experience repetitive text editing before realizing why vim would be valuable. They need to copy and paste code and make file backups by hand to get a clue why git would help. They need to try to build a big JavaScript application to appreciate why all the frameworks exist.

Don't rob them of having to experience why all these projects were created and what problems they're trying to solve. Ignite the spark with some fun, playful basic stuff.

[qzcx]

Anyone who has ever lost or accidentally saved over a file should appreciate git. They might not appreciate the complexity of git, but they can see the purpose.