Version control system

The second tool that we will use is a version control (VCS or SCM) system. Git (https://git-scm.com) is the de facto standard, so we'll use that. You will mainly use Git to retrieve the book's code samples, but you can also use it to keep track of your own modifications to the projects. We won't cover Git at great length since it is out of the scope of this book, but if you're not familiar with it yet, you should take a look at the official book, which is fantastic to quickly get started. You can find it here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2.