Ok, I finally figured out how to use gitHub. I had a hidden folder that was wrecking my settings from an earlier attempt to get everything going. Now that this is up and running, I will use it to update code and here to post the reasoning behind the solution.
*edit - add link*: gitHub link: https://github.com/jasonforex/MetaTraderBridge
*edit - add link*: gitHub link: https://github.com/jasonforex/MetaTraderBridge