Overview

Introduction to GitHub for Developers is a fast-paced hands-on course that provides students with a solid overview of Git and GitHub the web-based version control repository hosting service. While the examples in this class are related to computer code, GitHub can be used for other content. It offers the complete distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

Objectives

This course is approximately 50% hands-on lab to lecture ratio, combining engaging expert lessons, demos and group discussions with real-world, skills-focused machine-based labs and exercises.  Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert team, students will explore:

• Getting Started with Collaboration 
• Understanding the GitHub Flow 
• Branching with Git 
• Local Git Configuration 
• Working Locally with Git 
• Collaborating on Your Code 
• Merging Pull Requests 
• Viewing Local Project History 
• Streaming Your Workflow with Aliases 
• Workflow Review Project: GitHub Games 
• Resolving Merge Conflicts 
• Working with Multiple Conflicts 
• Searching for Events in Your Code 
• Reverting Commits 
• Helpful Git Commands 
• Viewing Local Changes 
• Creating a New Local Repository 
• Fixing Commit Mistakes 
• Rewriting History with Git Reset 
• Merge Strategies: Rebase 
• Understanding GitHub Actions  
• Working with Workflows  
• Managing Jobs and Steps within a Workflow 
• Dealing with complex Workflows
  

Audience

This class assumes some prior experience with Git, plus basic coding or programming knowledge.