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GitHub Tutorial for Beginners

This beginner GitHub training gives learners an understanding of GitHub and how to use it at a foundational level. Familiarity with GitHub is a prerequisite for many developer and DevOps positions, and this course prepares you to use GitHub and become a more effective developer by maximizing your efficiency and productivity.

Updated January 2022

5Skills
25Videos
4h 44mTotal
25 videos4h 44m

Who This Course Is For

This GitHub training is considered foundational-level training, which means it was designed for software developers with no experience at all. This GitHub course is valuable for new or aspiring IT professionals, experienced software developers looking to validate foundational skills, and non-technical professionals.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Understanding how GitHub can improve your development
  • Accessing repositories and understanding how to use them
  • Getting started with cloning and updating
  • Comparing changes in files across different stages of development
  • Understanding how to use the GitHub CLI and GitHub Actions

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Introduction to Source Control with GitHub56m
  • Premium skill.Introduction to GitHub CLI Automation Tool1h 7m
  • Premium skill.Introduction to Automation with GitHub Actions57m
  • Premium skill.Use GitHub Desktop Application to Manage Code Repositories52m
  • Premium skill.Contributing to Open Source Projects on GitHub53m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

Runs on assessments.cbtnuggets.com — sign in with an Adept account so results roll up into team readiness reporting. Need one? Create an Adept account.

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