GitHub for dummies

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Title:

GitHub for dummies

Alternate title:

Git Hub for dummies

Author:

Guthals, Sarah, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

Summary:

"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. You've learned how to write a little code--now learn how to share it with GitHub"-- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

Includes index.

Edition:

2nd edition.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part 1: Getting started with GitHub.com. Understanding the Git in GitHub -- Setting up your collaborative coding environment -- Part 2: Starting your first solo project. Introducing GitHub repositories -- Setting up a GitHub website repo -- Creating a website with GitHub pages -- Part 3: Contributing to your first project. Forking GitHub repositories -- Writing and committing code -- Working with pull requests -- Part 4: Manage and contribute to large projects. Exploring and contributing to OSS -- Starting your own OSS -- Inner-source your code on GitHub -- Part 5: Make GitHub work for you. Collaborating outside of GitHub -- GitHub workflow integrations -- Personalizing GitHub -- Part 6: The GitHub ecosystem. Exploring the GitHub marketplace -- GitHub and you -- Attending events -- Part 7: The parts of tens. Ten ways to level up on GitHub -- Ten ways to improve your development workflow -- Ten tips for being an effective community member.

Physical Description:

xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Title Subject:

Git (Computer file)

Subject Term:

Computer software -- Development.

Open source software.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781394159161

Publication Information:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]

Call Number:

005.3 GUTHALS

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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.

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

Author Notes

Sarah Guthals, PhD is the Director of Developer Relations for Sentry, and previously worked at GitHub as an Engineering Manager. She is coauthor of Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies .