November 2014
Beginner
142 pages
2h 44m
English
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Preface
GitHub is changing the way that software gets built. Conceived originally as a way to make it easier for developers to contribute to open source projects, GitHub is rapidly becoming the default platform for software development. More than just a tool for storing source code, GitHub provides a range of powerful tools for specifying, discussing, and reviewing software.
Who This Book Is For
If you are working with developers on a software project, this book is for you, whether you are a:
- Business stakeholder who wants to have a sense of how your project is going
- Product or project manager who needs to ensure that software is delivered on time and within budget
- Designer who needs to deliver anything from mockups to HTML/CSS for a project
- Copywriter who’s adding marketing copy or other content to a site or an app
- Lawyer who’s reviewing the legal implications of a project or writing the terms and conditions or privacy policy
- Team member who needs to review, comment on, and/or contribute to the project
- Developer who is new to using GitHub and wants to learn how to collaborate using GitHub in a team
If you need to view the progress of a piece of software while it’s being developed, if you would like to be able to comment on the progress, and if you’d like to have the option of contributing changes to the project, this book will show you how to effectively collaborate with a software development team by using GitHub.
Beyond Software
While GitHub is still primarily used to ...
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