Managing versions with version control
In analytics engineering, we take best practices from software engineering. You might be familiar with version control already. You have probably heard of Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, and similar tools or have been using such tools for a while now. They are absolutely essential to developing code in a team, and we would also encourage version control in cases where you are the only person working on a code base.
There are several reasons why version control is important:
- Version control helps developers keep track of changes made to code over time, enabling them to revert to earlier versions if necessary
- It allows multiple developers to work on the same code base simultaneously without interfering with each other’s work
- Collaboration and code review are easier; it is easier to catch errors and improve code quality
- By providing a history of changes, version control can help with debugging and troubleshooting
- It aids...
