Alright, everyone speaks of Github and it's usefulness and all. I have gone on there, I have done the tutorial a couple of times. And I still am not grasping it. Does the fact I'm a student make it this way? Is this useful for a student or is it beyond my skill level and coding needs?

Go to youtube and find videos (no more than 5 minutes) that explains git. You maybe aren't understanding the use cases or something.

(I don't think I added much with my previous comment, but yeah. youtube)

git is different than github. maybe start with git. then use github.
Git init
do stuff
git add .
Git commit -my "what did I do"
do stuff
git add .
etc.
that is the very basics without branching.

I especially like github for it's gh-pages feature. For example, this useless website is online for everyone to see, hosted on github. http://kevbost.github.io/cider/

I never like to tell people what's useful (because that's just my opinion), but Git (and GitHub) is incredibly useful and something you should learn for the future (good on your CV too) 😃

It might help starting to use Git via a a GUI, that will help you understand some of the flows and concepts without having to understand all the commands initially, but it will make it easier to transition to the terminal. On OSX I can recommend GitBox, it's no longer maintained and crashes a lot when removing repos from the list, but it has a simple UI and does most of what needs to be done. SourceTree has a very complex UI and might be overwelming to anyone.

Thanks guys. At least I have somewhere to start now!