GitHub Essentials (eBook)

Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub, 2nd Edition

Achilleas Pipinellis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
178 Seiten
Packt Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78913-846-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book will teach you what you need to know to start using GitHub effectively for collaborating and working on your software projects.

Key FeaturesEffectively use GitHub by learning its key features to leverage the power of Git and make collaboration on code easy to work with.Be more productive on the development workflow of your projects using the valuable toolset that GitHub provides.Explore the world of GitHub by following simple, step-by-step, real-world scenarios accompanied by helpful, explanatory screenshots.Book Description

Whether you are an experienced developer or a novice, learning to work with Version Control Systems is a must in the software development world. Git is the most popular tool for that purpose, and GitHub was built around it, leveraging its powers by bringing it to the web.

Starting with the basics of creating a repository, you will then learn how to manage the issue tracker, the place where discussions about your project take place. Continuing our journey, we will explore how to use the wiki and write rich documentation that will accompany your project. You will also master organization/team management and some of the features that made GitHub so well known, including pull requests. Next, we will focus on creating simple web pages hosted on GitHub and lastly, we will explore the settings that are configurable for a user and a repository.

What you will learnCreate and upload repositories to your accountCreate organizations and manage teams with different access levels on repositoriesUse the issue tracker effectively and add context to issues with labels and milestonesCreate, access, and personalize your user account and profile settingsBuild a community around your project using the sophisticated tools GitHub providesCreate GitHub pages and understand web analyticsWho this book is for

This book is for experienced or novice developers with a basic knowledge of Git. If you ever wanted to learn how big projects such as Twitter, Google, or even GitHub collaborate on code, then this book is for you.

Achilleas Pipinellis is an open source enthusiast and tries to get involved in as many projects as possible. He was introduced to Linux almost 10 years ago and haven't looked back since. His distribution of choice is Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible system that adheres to the KISS philosophy. He likes trying new technologies, especially those that require some sort of special deployment. He also enjoys writing technical guides and articles that help people learn new stuff and strongly believes that comprehensive documentation is essential to a project's growth and recognition.

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This book will teach you what you need to know to start using GitHub effectively for collaborating and working on your software projects.About This BookEffectively use GitHub by learning its key features to leverage the power of Git and make collaboration on code easy to work with.Be more productive on the development workflow of your projects using the valuable toolset that GitHub provides.Explore the world of GitHub by following simple, step-by-step, real-world scenarios accompanied by helpful, explanatory screenshots.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for experienced or novice developers with a basic knowledge of Git. If you ever wanted to learn how big projects such as Twitter, Google, or even GitHub collaborate on code, then this book is for you.What You Will LearnCreate and upload repositories to your accountCreate organizations and manage teams with different access levels on repositoriesUse the issue tracker effectively and add context to issues with labels and milestonesCreate, access, and personalize your user account and profile settingsBuild a community around your project using the sophisticated tools GitHub providesCreate GitHub pages and understand web analyticsIn DetailWhether you are an experienced developer or a novice, learning to work with Version Control Systems is a must in the software development world. Git is the most popular tool for that purpose, and GitHub was built around it, leveraging its powers by bringing it to the web.Starting with the basics of creating a repository, you will then learn how to manage the issue tracker, the place where discussions about your project take place. Continuing our journey, we will explore how to use the wiki and write rich documentation that will accompany your project. You will also master organization/team management and some of the features that made GitHub so well known, including pull requests. Next, we will focus on creating simple web pages hosted on GitHub and lastly, we will explore the settings that are configurable for a user and a repository.Style and approachThis book will take you through some of the most important features of one of the most popular tools, GitHub, which is used to bring developers together from all around the world to discover, share, and build better software. At each step of the way, you will learn about important approaches used in GitHub, including creating a repository, managing teams, creating GitHub pages, and watching your repository's web analytics, among others.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Schlagworte: GitHub • pull requests • Repository • Team Management • Web Analytics
• ISBN-10: 1-78913-846-9 / 1789138469
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78913-846-7 / 9781789138467