⏲️ Est. time to complete: 30 min. ⏲️
In this challenge you will learn how to:
- How to sign up at Github and create an Account
- How to edit your profile and upload a picture
- How to fork a repository
What is Github?
Github is actually two things: Git and Hub.
Git is a version control software. It allows developers to work on a specific project at the same time by tracking the changes. If something goes wrong, you can easily undo the changes with Git. Hub is nothing special in itself, but it represents the "social network" of developers built on top of Git. While Github does not own the Git software, it has created a platform that makes it easy to access and collaborate with Git. The groundbreaking feature of Github is that it makes it super easy to share/show your code with the world or just store it. You no longer have to worry about where you store your code. Companies have Github accounts for the same reason. Github provides an easy way to store your code online with built-in version control.
- Create a GitHub account to get started
- Simply add your email, password and your desired username
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Type y for receiving emails from GitHub about new product updates and announcements. Or n for not receiving emails from Github about product updates and announcements.
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To verify the account, please follow the instructions.
This is the front page of your account. This overview shows everything about your activities on GitHub, such as your contributions to repositories, your own repositories, your achievements and much more.
To change or add any of your information, click on your icon in the top right corner and choose Settings.
- Click on Profile and add your public information.
A Fork is a copy of a repository. This is extremely handy if you want to freely experiment without making any changes to the original project.
Now, let's go ahead and fork this repository!
Tipps 📝