- Duration: 2 days
Overview
GitHub Foundations introduces learners to the fundamental concepts, features, and products of GitHub. The course provides a beginner-friendly foundation for using GitHub as a collaborative development platform.
Learners explore essential GitHub capabilities including repository management, commits, branches, merging, pull requests, issues, discussions, notifications, and subscriptions. Through curated learning modules and hands-on exercises, participants develop the knowledge required to contribute to projects and collaborate effectively using GitHub.
The course also introduces Git and GitHub Copilot, providing learners with an understanding of modern development and AI-assisted coding workflows.
What You’ll Learn
- Understand the fundamental concepts and essential tools of GitHub.
- Understand the role of Git in source code and version control.
- Create and manage GitHub repositories.
- Understand commits, branches, merging, and the GitHub Flow.
- Work with pull requests and collaborative development workflows.
- Explore GitHub issues and discussions.
- Understand GitHub’s collaboration and project management features.
- Manage GitHub notifications and subscriptions.
- Understand the fundamentals of GitHub Copilot.
- Apply GitHub best practices when collaborating on projects.
- Use GitHub effectively as a platform for software development and collaboration.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for students, beginners, and professionals who want to understand GitHub fundamentals and best practices.
It is ideal for:
- Students and aspiring software developers
- Beginner developers
- IT professionals
- Software engineering professionals
- DevOps and cloud technology learners
- Project teams working with source code repositories
- Anyone interested in learning GitHub and collaborative development
Learners will gain an understanding of GitHub’s fundamental features, repository management, and the GitHub Flow, including branches, commits, merging, and pull requests. They will also explore collaborative features such as issues and discussions, while learning how to manage notifications and subscriptions.
Prerequisites
- A GitHub account
- Basic familiarity with software development concepts is beneficial but not required
- No prior GitHub experience is required
Curriculum
Module 01: GitHub Foundations – Part 1 of 2
This beginner-friendly learning path introduces the fundamental concepts, features, and products of GitHub. Learners discover the benefits of using GitHub as a collaborative platform and begin working with its core repository and version-control capabilities.
Topics include:
- Introduction to GitHub
- Understanding GitHub as a collaborative development platform
- Git and version control fundamentals
- GitHub repositories
- Repository management
- Understanding commits
- Working with branches
- Merging changes
- Understanding the GitHub Flow
- Introduction to collaborative development workflows
Module 02: GitHub Foundations – Part 2 of 2
Continue building GitHub knowledge by exploring collaboration, project contribution, and essential GitHub features used by development teams.
Topics include:
- Working with pull requests
- Collaborating on GitHub projects
- Reviewing and managing issues
- Using GitHub Discussions
- Managing notifications
- Managing GitHub subscriptions
- Understanding GitHub collaboration features
- Introduction to GitHub Copilot
- GitHub best practices
- Contributing effectively to GitHub projects
Course Outcome
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the fundamental concepts and features of GitHub.
- Understand the role of Git and version control.
- Create and manage GitHub repositories.
- Work with commits, branches, and merges.
- Understand and apply the GitHub Flow.
- Create and work with pull requests.
- Use GitHub Issues and Discussions for collaboration.
- Manage GitHub notifications and subscriptions.
- Understand the fundamentals of GitHub Copilot.
- Apply GitHub best practices when collaborating on development projects.
- Confidently begin contributing to projects and collaborating with development teams using GitHub.