Introduction to Version Control

Course

Learn how to use version control to save and share your projects with others.

Beginner

2 weeks

Real-world Projects

Completion Certificate

Last Updated November 26, 2024

Skills you'll learn:

Git • Unix shell

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

What is Version Control

Version control is an incredibly important part of a professional programmer's life. In this lesson, you'll learn about the benefits of version control and install the version control tool Git!

Lesson 2

Create a Git Repo

Now that you've learned the benefits of Version Control and gotten Git installed, it's time you learn how to create a repository.

Lesson 3

Commits, Tags, Conflicts

Knowing how to review an existing Git repository's history of commits is extremely important. You'll learn how to do just that in this lesson.

Lesson 4

Remotes and Developer Repos

In this lesson, you'll learn how to fork another developer's project. Collaborating with other developers can be a tricky process, so you'll learn how to contribute to a public project.

Lesson 5

Writing READMEs for Repos

Learn the importance of well documented code and see how to craft meaningful READMEs.

Lesson 6 • Project

Project: Post Your Work on GitHub

Use your local git repository and your GitHub repository. Fork a repository, work on files, stage files and commit them to GitHub. You will also demonstrate how to hide files using .gitignore files.

Taught By The Best

Richard Kalehoff

Instructor

Richard is a Course Developer with a passion for teaching. He has a degree in computer science, and first worked for a nonprofit doing everything from front end web development, to backend programming, to database and server management.

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