GitHub

This, along with the other courses can be given either on-site in the offices of the client or on-line via Zoom or other means. Contact Gabor Szabo for more details.

Overview

This course will help you get started using GitHub for version control. It is good for people who have used other version control tools and also for people who have never used any cloud-based version control system. This course provides the necessary knowledge to get started using GitHub.

Goals

Use GitHub effectively

Audience

Teams of software developers and programmers who need to work co-operatively on projects.
DevOps engineers
Automation engineers

Prerequisites

An understanding of the cloud-based source-code management.

Course format

Duration of the course is 16 academic hours. Two full days or 4 half-days.
The course includes approximately 40% hands on lab work.

Syllabus

About GitHub

What is GitHub
Creating an account

Issues

What are Issues
Opening an Issue
Tagging issues
Searching for issues

Markdown used by GitHub

Basic Markdown format
Referencing commits
Referencing issues and Pull-Requests

Working with branches

Branching
Merging
Conflict resolution
Tagging

Working with a remote repository

Forking
Pull-Requests
Cloning a remote repository
pull
push

CI/CD with Github Actions

Creating the first workflow
Select your container
Choose your language(s)
Build matrix
Compiling code
Running tests
Reporting
Secrets

Resources

If you are interested in this course, contact Gabor Szabo for more details.