Contributions are Github's bread-and-butter, the main purpose. It's time to start your first GitHub contribution.
Git offers a way of pushing code into a repository without owning it, or even being invited to it, it is called "Pull Request" and you are about to do your first. Here is a 12min video explaning pull requests.
During this project you will start building your professional profile, one of the most significant accomplishments you can have at the academy:
This will be the first version of your Resume (as a coder).
This Student Showcase it's still in beta. You can find the list of students that have their profile already built, you can also click around each student to find their public information (github profile, twitter usernames, linkedin profiles, etc.).
Don't worry about the content of your profile, today its just about the YML structure and making sure you show up on the student list, later you can do more updates to your profile.
- Fork the repository.
A new repository will be created in your account.
- Clone the new repository into your workspace.
$ git clone <url_of_repository>
- In your workspace, create a file
<your_github_username>.ymlfile inside/site/resumes/with your profile information.
The YML file must contain all your personal and professional information. Check the details in Completing the YML file
For example: example.yml.
Importante: You should test your `YML` syntax here: http://www.yamllint.com/
- Commit and push your changes.
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "my profile"
$ git push origin master
- Go back to Github and look for the recently created repository. In it you will find a button to "Pull Request" your changes back into the main repository.
After completing the PR (Pull Request) the application will automatically generate your own student portfolio, to see it, see if your name appears here:
Your profile should look like the following:
The YML file it's comprised of 4 major sections:
theme: You can choose a theme and skin colors.
basic_info: Personal info
education: Previous studies.
experiences: Previous jobs.
projects: Describe the projects you've built as a developer.
publications: Any articles you have published.
skills: List your skills with a percentage of expertise.
You can pick a different template and skin, for example:
template: "online-cv"
skin: "orange"