Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sarah Guthals, PhD is a social software engineer, entrepreneur, and former engineering manager at GitHub. She is coauthor of Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies. Phil Haack is a former engineering director at GitHub and senior program manager at Microsoft. He is author of a number of books on ASP.NET.
Code collaboratively with GitHub
Once you’ve learned the basics of coding the next step is to start sharing your expertise, learning from other coding pros, or working as a collaborative member of development teams. GitHub is the go-to community for facilitating coding collaboration, and GitHub For Dummies is the next step on your journey as a developer.
Written by a GitHub engineer, this book is packed with insight on how GitHub works and how you can use it to become a more effective, efficient, and valuable member of any collaborative programming team.
- Store and share your work online with GitHub
- Collaborate with others on your team or across the international coding community
- Embrace open-source values and processes
- Establish yourself as a valuable member of the GitHub community
From setting up GitHub on your desktop and launching your first project to cloning repositories, finding useful apps on the marketplace, and improving workflow, GitHub For Dummies covers the essentials the novice programmer needs to enhance collaboration and teamwork with this industry-standard tool.
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with GitHub.com 5
Chapter 1: Understanding the Git in GitHub 7
Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Collaborative Coding Environment 27
Part 2: Starting Your First Solo Project 39
Chapter 3: Introducing GitHub Repositories 41
Chapter 4: Setting Up a GitHub Website Repo 63
Chapter 5: Creating a Website with GitHub Pages 77
Part 3: Contributing to Your First Project 95
Chapter 6: Forking GitHub Repositories 97
Chapter 7: Writing and Committing Code 113
Chapter 8: Working with Pull Requests 133
Part 4: Manage and Contribute to Large Projects 153
Chapter 9: Exploring and Contributing to OSS 155
Chapter 10: Starting Your Own OSS 169
Chapter 11: Inner-Source Your Code on GitHub 189
Part 5: Make GitHub Work For You 209
Chapter 12: Collaborating Outside of GitHub 211
Chapter 13: GitHub Workflow Integrations 229
Chapter 14: Personalizing GitHub 251
Part 6: The GitHub Ecosystem 263
Chapter 15: Exploring the GitHub Marketplace 265
Chapter 16: GitHub and You 275
Chapter 17: Attending Events 285
Part 7: The Parts of Tens 295
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Level Up on GitHub 297
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Development Workflow 309
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Being an Effective Community Member 317
Index 325
- Create a repository for your coding projects
- Personalize your workflow with GitHub tools and integrations
- Collaborate on open source software projects
Team up with GitHub and improve your coding workflow
Once you know the basics of coding, it's time to tap into the power of collaboration. That's what GitHub is all about. It provides an online place to store your code and create projects together with others. This handy guide shows you step by step how it works, how to set it up, and how to make the most of this collaborative tool. You'll learn to create repositories for your code, work together with team members, incorporate open source resources, and become a valued member of the GitHub community.
Inside...
- Set up local tools like GitHub Desktop, Atom, and VS Code
- Create your first repository
- Create forks and clone projects
- Incorporate open source values in every project
- List your apps on the GitHub marketplace
- Improve your workflow
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sarah Guthals, PhD is a social software engineer, entrepreneur, and former engineering manager at GitHub. She is coauthor of Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies. Phil Haack is a former engineering director at GitHub and senior program manager at Microsoft. He is author of a number of books on ASP.NET.