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If you are a beginner, you may want to start with some very basic
tutorials that explain why git and GitHub are the tools that you want
to know.
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As usual in a computing world, the best place to start is the Hello World project (10 min)
This tutorial covers some basic concepts about
GitHub- all without ever leaving your browser.See if you can explain the following terms after going through the tutorial:
- what is a repository?
- what is a branch?
- what is the name of the default branch?
- what is a commit?
- what is the point of a commit message?
- what is a pull request?
- what do the diffs show?
- what does it mean to merge a pull request?
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Got 15 minutes and want to learn Git? - let the Octocat guide you through some basic Git command line tools. (And if you are new to command line, don't worry! this one is in a browser window!)
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What is GitHub? - very non-tech explanation of the major ideas behind using distributed version control system for running a project
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Introduction • GitHub & Git Foundations - basic material, but uses a lot of jargon that may be tricky to follow if you have never used version control before
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git - the simple guide - the title says it all; and it comes with a cheatsheet
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Now that you know the basics ...
- Git & GitHub Crash Course For Beginners
- Learn Git with Bitbucket Cloud - this is a great tutorial on
Git, and it is nice to know that GitHub is not the only kid on the block git help- this is the instruction (enter it on a command line) that displays information about all of the different git commands
- 3 easy steps to submitting a GitHub pull request by Liran Tal
- 10 tips for new GitHub projects by Jono Bacon
If you are wondering why there is so much talk about Git and GitHub, and why it is
that people ask you for your GitHub profile, take a look at the following articles.
- GitHub Is Your Resume Now by Brandon Weiss
- The impact GitHub is having on your software career by Josh Wulf
GitHub has created a Student Developer Pack with many partner friends to give students free access to some developer tools such as private repositories on GitHub, AWS Credit, a suite of Microsoft Azure etc. (the list is LONG!)
You can get your developer pack here: https://education.github.com/pack
If you find a great tutorial or an article, feel free to add it to the list above:
- fork this repository
- make changes to this file by adding your links
- issue a pull request
Big thanks for Alisha Sonawalla for writing this guide and collecting all the resources!