GitHub: Getting Started

By Gill Cleeren
Learn how to work with Git and GitHub in an efficient way. In this course, you'll dive deep in GitHub's main features, including pull requests, issues, branches, wikis, and much more.
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(168)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 6, 2021
Duration
4h 3m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
An Overview of Git and GitHub
Module Introduction 2m What's in This Course for You? 2m Git and GitHub 6m Getting Your Machine Ready 1m Demo: Setting up Your Environment 5m Foundations of Git 7m Demo: Getting Started with Git 8m Summary 1m
Getting Started with GitHub
Module Introduction 1m Understanding GitHub 5m Demo: A Tour of GitHub 4m Demo: Setting up Your GitHub Account 3m Using SSH 1m Demo: Working with SSH 4m Searching GitHub 2m Demo: Searching GitHub 4m Summary 1m
Working with Repositories
Module Introduction 1m Understanding Repositories 3m Demo: Working with Repositories 7m Connecting with GitHub Locally 4m Demo: Cloning from and Pushing to GitHub 7m Demo: Working with Multiple People on a Repository 9m Adding Special Files 3m Demo: Adding a Readme and Codeowners File 3m Administering Your Repository 2m Demo: Working with the Repository Settings 4m Bringing in More Users 1m Demo: Bringing in More Users 2m Demo: Repository Insights 2m Summary 1m
Collaborating Using the GitHub Flow
Module Introduction 2m Working with Branches 6m Demo: Creating a Branch on GitHub 4m Demo: Creating a Branch Locally 6m Branching Strategies 3m Using the GitHub Flow 3m Demo: Working with Pull Requests 7m Demo: Reviewing Pull Requests 7m Merging with Conflicts 1m Demo: Merging with Conflicts 8m Demo: Creating a PR Template 2m Demo: More Options with Pull Requests 4m Demo: Setting the Default Branch 1m Forking a Repository 3m Demo: Forking a Repository 2m Summary 1m
Tracking Issues and Creating Releases
Module Introduction 1m Working with Issues 3m Demo: Working with Issues 8m Demo: Creating an Issue Template 2m Creating a Milestone 1m Demo: Working Towards a Milestone 2m Adding Tags 2m Demo: Adding Tags 5m Publishing a Release 3m Summary 1m
Automating Tasks with GitHub Actions
Module Introduction 1m Understanding GitHub Actions 9m Demo: Creating a First Workflow 9m Automating Tasks 3m Demo: Labelling Issues 3m Demo: Setting up Continuous Integration 3m Summary 0m
Creating a GitHub Wiki
Module Introduction 1m Creating a Wiki 2m Demo: Creating a Wiki on GitHub 4m Summary 0m
Working with Social Features
Module Introduction 1m Demo: Creating a Gist 4m Demo: Working with GitHub Projects 5m Demo: Publishing Information Using GitHub Pages 3m Summary and Course Closing 1m
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Course info
Rating
(168)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 6, 2021
Duration
4h 3m
Description

GitHub is a leading code repository site backed by Git. Millions of developers use GitHub daily as their go-to place for sharing code with the community. In this course, GitHub Getting Started, you will gain the ability to work efficiently with Git and GitHub. First, you will learn work with repositories and branches, both locally using Git and on GitHub. Next, you will discover how to work with the GitHub flow. Finally, you will explore how to how to use GitHub for other tasks than source code management, including working with issues, project, wiki, and pages. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of working with GitHub effectively needed to become a more productive developer.

About the author
Gill Cleeren
About the author

Gill Cleeren is a solution architect, author, and trainer in mobile and web technologies. He's also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He lives in Tienen, Belgium.

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Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Gill Cleeren, and welcome to my course, GitHub: Getting Started. I'm the CTO of Xpirit Belgium and work on mobile and web projects. GitHub is the world's favorite social coding platform, and it is used by millions of developers around the globe every single day. A lot of developers use GitHub in combination with Git as their source management system, which is, of course, its main goal. But apart from source control, GitHub is so much more and can help you as a developer with the management of your entire project. This course will teach you how to work with Git and GitHub in an efficient way. You'll learn how to work with GitHub repositories, branches, forks, and pull requests, but GitHub offers much more, including project management, wikis to create documentation, and even static page hosting. Some of the major topics that we will cover include learn the basics of Git and its most commonly used commands using the command line interface, get a deep understanding of GitHub repositories, how you can create branches and forks, understand the GitHub flow using pull requests and perform code reviews, see how you can use GitHub within your organization for project management and creating wikis. By the end of this course, you'll have a good understanding of how you can use GitHub for your personal and professional project and how you can get the most use out of the platform. No prior knowledge is expected for this course. I hope that you will join me on this journey to learn how to use GitHub efficiently with the GitHub: Getting Started course, here at Pluralsight.

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