GitHub Fundamentals

It’s no secret that it takes diverse skillsets and roles to make successful teams. By opening GitHub to a broad audience in your organization, you give your developers access to the expertise and diverse ways of thinking that represent your entire user population. This two day, hands on training targets those who don’t develop software for a living to help them speak the language of GitHub and understand how they can leverage the platform to improve their own work.

Who should take this course

• Those who work with developers, Documentation and Quality Assurance

Prerequisites

• GitHub account created; Circle CI and Heroku accounts created; Access to a browser (other than internet explorer)

Key Learning Areas

• Introduction to GitHub for collaboration, version control, project management, and content management
• Understand how every person fits into the bigger picture of software development
• Increase transparency through collaboration best practices
• Use GitHub to document everything from markdown meeting notes to software documentation on GitHub Pages
• Introduction to the benefits of GitHub Platform capabilities, including DevOps, CI, and CD