GitHub Foundations
gh-900
2 days
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Introduction to Git
Use Git to track changes and collaborate with other developers.
- What is version control?
- Exercise - Try out Git
- Basic Git commands
- Module assessment
Introduction to GitHub
Learn to use key GitHub features, including issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.
- What is GitHub?
- Components of the GitHub flow
- GitHub is a collaborative platform
- GitHub platform management
- Exercise - A guided tour of GitHub
- Module assessment
Introduction to GitHub's products
Overview of GitHub's products, plans, associated features, and billing.
- 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
- Module assessment
Configure code scanning on GitHub
This module introduces you to code scanning and its features. You'll learn how to implement code scanning using CodeQL, third party tools, and GitHub Actions.
- What is code scanning?
- Enable code scanning with third party tools
- Configure code scanning
- Configure code scanning exercise
- Module assessment
Introduction to GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that offers autocomplete-style suggestions as you code.
- GitHub Copilot, your AI pair programmer
- Interact with Copilot
- Set up, configure, and troubleshoot GitHub Copilot
- Exercise - Develop with AI-powered code suggestions by using GitHub Copilot and VS Code
- Module assessment
Code with GitHub Codespaces
In this tutorial, you learn about GitHub Codespaces, its lifecycle, how to personalize your codespace, the differences between Codespaces and github.dev, and build a personalized and customized codespace with devcontainer.json files.
- The Codespace lifecycle
- Personalize your Codespace
- Codespaces versus GitHub.dev editor
- Exercise - Code with Codespaces and Visual Studio Code
- Module assessment
Manage your work with GitHub Projects
Visualize large projects as spreadsheets or boards, and automate everything with code.
- 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
- Module assessment
Communicate effectively on GitHub using Markdown
Learn to use Markdown to communicate with brevity, clarity, and expression.
- What is Markdown?
- Exercise - Communicate using Markdown
- Module assessment
Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub
Learn how to contribute to an open-source project on GitHub.
- Identify where you can help
- Contribute to an open-source repository
- Exercise - Create your first pull request
- Next steps
- Module assessment
Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub
Learn to manage a successful InnerSource program on GitHub through effective discoverability, guidance, and maintenance.
- How to manage a successful InnerSource program
- Exercise - InnerSource fundamentals
- Module assessment
Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices
Learn best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.
- How to maintain a secure GitHub repository
- Automated security
- Exercise - Secure your repository's supply chain
- Module assessment
Introduction to GitHub administration
Understand the security and control measures available to GitHub administrators within an organization or enterprise.
- What is GitHub administration?
- How does GitHub authentication work?
- How does GitHub organization and permissions work?
- Managing enterprise access, permissions, and governance
- Module assessment
Authenticate and authorize user identities on GitHub
Learn how to manage the authentication and authorization of user identities on GitHub.
- User identity and access management
- User authentication
- User authorization
- Team synchronization
- Module assessment
Manage repository changes by using pull requests on GitHub
Learn how to manage changes to your repository source by using pull requests.
- What are pull requests?
- Exercise - Reviewing pull requests
- Module assessment
Search and organize repository history by using GitHub
Learn to search and organize repository history by using filters, blame, and cross-linking on GitHub.
- How to search and organize repository history by using GitHub
- Exercise - Connect the dots in a GitHub repository
- Module assessment
Using GitHub Copilot with Python
Make changes and updates to a Python application by using GitHub Copilot with Visual Studio Code.
- What is GitHub Copilot?
- Exercise - Set up GitHub Copilot to work with Visual Studio Code
- Use GitHub Copilot with Python
- Exercise - Update a Python web API with GitHub Copilot
- Module assessment
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.
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.
