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Name: Getting Started with Git and GitHub
Price: Free CAD
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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.

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

Offered By: IBMSkillsNetwork

Getting Started with Git and GitHub

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What you will learn

Prerequisites

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