Chapter 2
Setting Up Your Collaborative Coding Environment
IN THIS CHAPTER
Touring GitHub.com
Installing GitHub Desktop
Installing Atom
GitHub has a lot of features to offer new and returning coders. A good way to get acquainted with all those features is to explore the GitHub.com website. This chapter not only gives you that overview, but also guides you in setting up your local machine so that you can start building.
Exploring GitHub.com
The home page of GitHub.com, shown in Figure 2-1, is a great starting point for many tasks, including starting your own project, learning about a topic, or exploring existing repositories.
FIGURE 2-1: The home page of GitHub.com.
The top menu bar, shown in Figure 2-2, is always available to you and is a direct link to the most important functions you need to perform.
- GitHub home page: If you click the GitHub logo in the top left of the browser, you return to the home page. Check out the sidebar “Mona Lisa Octocat” for more information on the logo.
- Search bar: The search bar on the top menu is pretty snazzy. Not only can you search all of GitHub, ...
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