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Code collaboratively with GitHubOnce 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 communityFrom 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.
List of contents
Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with GitHub.com 5Chapter 1: Understanding the Git in GitHub 7Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Collaborative Coding Environment 27Part 2: Starting Your First Solo Project 39Chapter 3: Introducing GitHub Repositories 41Chapter 4: Setting Up a GitHub Website Repo 63Chapter 5: Creating a Website with GitHub Pages 77Part 3: Contributing to Your First Project 95Chapter 6: Forking GitHub Repositories 97Chapter 7: Writing and Committing Code 113Chapter 8: Working with Pull Requests 133Part 4: Manage and Contribute to Large Projects 153Chapter 9: Exploring and Contributing to OSS 155Chapter 10: Starting Your Own OSS 169Chapter 11: Inner-Source Your Code on GitHub 189Part 5: Make GitHub Work for You 209Chapter 12: Collaborating Outside of GitHub 211Chapter 13: GitHub Workflow Integrations 229Chapter 14: Personalizing GitHub 251Part 6: The GitHub Ecosystem 263Chapter 15: Exploring the GitHub Marketplace 265Chapter 16: GitHub and You 275Chapter 17: Attending Events 285Part 7: The Parts of Tens 295Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Level Up on GitHub 297Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Development Workflow 309Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Being an Effective Community Member 317Index 325
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
