Web IDE from the first commit
For a brand new programmer like at a Rails Girls event, we should try to make the Web IDE first use experience wonderful and inviting. What would an ideal on boarding experience look like?
Proposal
- If the project is empty or only has a README, help them create
.gitlab-ci.yml
file and commit it.- prompt to add a
.gitlab-ci.yml
to show them how to create a file - prompt to show them how to stage the file
- prompt to show them how to commit the file
- encouraging success state, that we are now configuring a runner for them
- prompt to add a
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Edited by James Ramsay (ex-GitLab)