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Git and Github for Beginners

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Learn the fundamental skills to develop applications collaboratively with the Version Control Systems Git and GitHub. Explore key concepts, including branching and repositories; practice forking, cloning, and merging workflows. Build up your portfolio with a final project.

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Computer Science & Information Technology

Industries

  • Information Technology

Skills You Will Learn

  • Git, Cloning And Forking, Open Source, Distributed Version Control Systems, GitHub

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 3 weeks

Platform

  • SkillsNetwork

Last Update

  • September 11, 2024
About This course
Everyone in software development should know the fundamentals of version control systems. Git and GitHub provide both version control for your code and act as a robust repository. These industry-standard tools provide a platform for social coding and are crucial to contemporary DevOps culture. They allow developers to share and collaborate on their projects at a global scale.  

This course provides hands-on experience working with these popular platforms. You’ll learn and practice the fundamental concepts of Git, such as forking, cloning, and merging workflows. You will explore key Git concepts, such as branching repositories, and the Git commands for navigating these systems. As a result, you will become a more effective team member and contributor to collaborative coding projects.  

Each module contains hands-on labs to apply and practice what you learn. In the final project, you will begin building your portfolio and demonstrate your Git and GitHub skills by creating and sharing a public, open-source GitHub project. Not only will the final project showcase your skills, but you'll also have a place to share future development projects with potential employers and colleagues. 

This course, developed and taught by IBM practitioners, will help you gain the vital skills for using these repositories. You will perform the hands-on activities in this course using the free, web-browser-based versions and interfaces. You do NOT need to install any specialized software on your computer for this course. 

What you will learn

  • Describe the relevance of version control and code repositories in a DevOps environment and culture. 
  • Explain fundamental version control concepts such as branching used for distributed, and social coding. 
  • Create GitHub repositories with branches, perform pull requests (PRs), and merge operations, which allow you to collaborate on a team project. 
  • Showcase your skills by sharing an open-source, public project on GitHub. 

Prerequisites

Basic computer literacy .

Course Syllabus:

Module 1: Git and GitHub Fundamentals 
  • Overview of Version Control, Git, and GitHub 
  • Introduction to GitHub 
  • GitHub Repositories 
  • GitHub – Getting Started 
  • Hands-on Lab: GitHub Sign Up & Create Repo 
Module 2: Using Git Commands and Managing GitHub Projects 
  • GitHub Branches and Pull Requests 
  • Hands-on Lab: Branching and Merging (Web UI) 
  • Getting Started with Branches Using Git Commands 
  • Cloning and Forking GitHub Projects 
  • More about Cloning and Forking 
  • Managing GitHub Projects 
  • Hands-On Lab: Cloning and Forking GitHub Projects 
Module 3: Final Project 
  • Part 1 – GitHub UI
  • Part 2 – Git CLI 

Instructors

Lavanya Sunderarajan

SME AI, DS and Cloud technologies

I am an educational consultant for Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Cloud application development. I am passionate about making learning and upskilling meaningful and impactful for the learners. I have completed the PG program in AI and ML from Great Learning, affiliated with Mc Combs business school, University of Texas, Dallas. I am a certified educator and I conduct technical training for corporates and individual adult learners. I am a software engineer, backed by many years of experience in software development in product-based and project-based companies with involvement in the SDLC. This experience is integrated into my blended teaching methodologies. I embarked on a journey to re-skill staff who did not have the luxury of the hiatus to catch up with technology besides what they got to work on or sometimes left behind technology as they explored other areas. It has been the most gratifying experience to be able to teach technology and hone myself in it too. I have an in-depth understanding of software development using Agile methodologies and DevOps. My extensive international work experience has made me comfortable working with and in different cultures.

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