GitHub Foundations introduces you to the fundamental concepts, features, and products of GitHub. You’ll discover the benefits of using GitHub as a collaborative platform and explore its core features, such as repository management, commits, branches, and merging. Through curated modules and hands-on exercises, you’ll gain a solid understanding of GitHub’s essential tools and be well-equipped to start contributing to projects and collaborating effectively within GitHub.
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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Git
• What is version control?
• Basic Git commands
2. Introduction to GitHub
• What is GitHub?
• Components of the GitHub flow
• GitHub is a collaborative platform
• GitHub platform management
3. Introduction to GitHub’s products
• GitHub accounts and plans
• GitHub Mobile and GitHub Desktop
• GitHub billing
• License Usage Stats
• License Usage Stats in Machine and Peripheral Devices
• Metered Usage Reports
4. Configure code scanning on GitHub
• What is code scanning?
• Enable code scanning with third party tools
• Configure code scanning
5. Introduction to GitHub Copilot
• GitHub Copilot, your AI pair programmer
• Interact with Copilot
• Set up, configure, and troubleshoot GitHub Copilot
6. Code with GitHub Codespaces
• The Codespace lifecycle
• Personalize your Codespace
• Codespaces versus GitHub.dev editor
7. Manage your work with GitHub Projects
• Projects versus Projects Classic
• How to create a project
• How to organize your project
• How to organize and automate your project
• Insight and automation with projects
8. Communicate effectively on GitHub using Markdown
• What is Markdown?
9. Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub
• Identify where you can help
• Contribute to an open-source repository
10. Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub
• How to manage a successful InnerSource program
11. Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices
• How to maintain a secure GitHub repository
• Automated security
12. Introduction to GitHub administration
• What is GitHub administration?
• How does GitHub authentication work?
• How does GitHub organization and permissions work?
• Managing enterprise access, permissions, and governance
13. Authenticate and authorize user identities on GitHub
• User identity and access management
• User authentication
• User authorization
• Team synchronization
14. Manage repository changes by using pull requests on GitHub
• What are pull requests?
15. Search and organize repository history by using GitHub
• How to search and organize repository history by using GitHub
16. Using GitHub Copilot with Python
• What is GitHub Copilot?
• Use GitHub Copilot with Python
Course Details
• A GitHub account.
This course in intended for students who want to understand and GitHub best practices. You will understand the fundamental features of GitHub, learn about repository management, gain an understanding of the GitHub flow, including branches, commits, and pull requests. Additionally, you will explore the collaborative features of GitHub by reviewing issues and discussions and be able to manage your GitHub notifications and subscriptions.
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