Learning Git

[ Preface ]

I never thought I would write a book teaching Git. But through a fortunate series of events, I found myself with a creative idea for how I could teach this technology in a simple way.

My journey started when I attended a coding bootcamp to learn web development. The teachers at the bootcamp briefly introduced Git to the students, but given that all our projects were done individually, we didn’t have to use it extensively.

After the coding bootcamp, I got a job as a junior frontend developer working on a website in a big company. My real Git learning journey began on the first day of my new job. In those first months, working as part of a team in a large company, I realized I was terrified of it. Any time I had to do something that seemed remotely complicated using Git, I thought I was going to destroy the repository or seriously mess something up.

To be able to work properly with my coworkers, I decided to teach myself the ins and outs of Git. But as I read through various online resources, it quickly became clear to me that most of the material out there was not designed for people who were just starting out. Once I understood the basics, an idea started to form in my mind of how I could teach this technology in a simpler way using visuals and colors.

I ended up creating an online course that I uploaded to the web. While working on the course, in the back of my mind, I thought to myself that someday I might write a book about it as well.

I got a lot of positive ...