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GitHub For Dummies book cover

GitHub For Dummies

Authors:

Sarah Guthals ,

Phil Haack

Overview

Get more out of your coding with GitHub

For today’s coders, GitHub is a must. The world’s largest software development platform, GitHub helps developers store, track, and collaborate on software projects. In this easy-to-follow Dummies guide, you’ll find insight into creating repositories, establishing projects, collaborating, incorporating open-source resources, and establishing yourself as a valued member of the GitHub community. With a working knowledge of GitHub, you’ll be a better, more employable programmer. The simple instructions and interactive examples in this book will get you there quickly.

Get the instructions you need for using GitHub to collaborate on software projects
Become more attractive to employers with knowledge and experience in the largest development platform
Set up GitHub Desktop, create a repository, and launch your first project
Use GitHub Skills courses to learn new tricks, for beginners to pros

You’ve learned how to write a little code—now learn how to share it with GitHub.

Get more out of your coding with GitHub

For today’s coders, GitHub is a must. The world’s largest software development platform, GitHub helps developers store, track, and collaborate on software projects. In this easy-to-follow Dummies guide, you’ll find insight into creating repositories, establishing projects, collaborating, incorporating open-source resources, and establishing yourself as a valued member of the GitHub community. With a working knowledge of GitHub, you’ll be a better, more employable programmer. The simple

instructions and interactive examples in this book will get you there quickly.

Get the instructions you need for using GitHub to collaborate on software projects
Become more attractive to employers with knowledge and experience in the largest development platform
Set up GitHub Desktop, create a repository, and launch your first project
Use GitHub Skills courses to learn new tricks, for beginners to pros

You’ve learned how to write a little code—now learn how to share it with GitHub.

GitHub For Dummies Cheat Sheet

When you first log in to GitHub.com, it can feel overwhelming. What is GitHub? GitHub is more than a place to store your code; it’s a community and a philosophy about how code should be written. When you’re first learning and navigating the website, you should always remember that the goal of GitHub is to provide a secure, collaborative environment where newcomers and experts alike can design, develop, and deploy any software, from programs that say “Hello World” to code that sequences human proteins to help cure major infectious diseases around the world. To be a part of this community, you just have to be an effective communicator, find and create collaborative projects, and know how to find the help you need, when you need it.

About The Authors

Camille McCue, PhD, is Director of Curriculum Innovations at the Adelson Educational Campus in Las Vegas where she leads the Startup Incubator, teaches STEM, and kickstarts K-12 learning initiatives. Sarah Guthals, PhD, co-founded an ed-tech company and now continues to build technology for kids to learn, create, and share safely online. She loves to teach teachers how to teach coding in the classroom.

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