Git Essentials: Become a Git and GitHub Ninja

This course is designed to guide you through working with Git and GitHub. You will start by learning how to install Git on Windows, Mac, and Linux and then understand how to use it on the command line. Next, you will get to grips with configuring Git on a computer and creating, cloning, and adding files to a GitHub repository. The videos will also guide you through creating custom branches and tags, opening and managing GitHub issues, and opening and managing pull requests.

All along, the course follows a practical approach, ensuring that you work through plenty of real-life examples. This will give you hands-on experience in building your own repositories, forking the repo, and even safely opening a pull request on your work. Everything you will learn about Git and GitHub in this course is completely transferable to GitLab and Bitbucket.

In a bonus section, we will also learn how to use GitHub Pages to deploy your project.

By the end of this course, you will be well-versed with Git and GitHub fundamentals, and have the skills you need to work through open-source projects.

What You Will Learn

• Become well-versed with how to clone a GitHub repository
• Understand how to add files to your GitHub repository
• Get to grips with resolving merge conflicts
• Explore GitHub pull requests and discover how to merge Git branches
• Understand how to stash your code
• Learn how to use GitHub Pages to deploy your project

Audience

This course is for developers who are looking to work on open-source projects, or anyone interested in learning the commands and important aspects of Git and GitHub.

About The Author

Kalob Taulien: Kalob Taulien is a professional web developer who has been developing websites and working with start-ups since 1999. Since many years, he has been writing codes in Python and Django. He is in the core Wagtail CMS team and one of the core leaders in Wagtail-based education. The passion to learn and to share his knowledge by teaching and helping others is something that drives him constantly. His ability to turn complex programming concepts into easy-to-understand bits of knowledge has been called his 'superpower'. Throughout the years, he has built numerous websites. He even provides one-on-one coaching and start-up consulting to new organizations.