This presentation was used for a women in tech session hosted by girlscript jalandhar. This slides covers the basic essentials of github

1. Say Hello To
Awesomenes
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Let’s learn the essentials of GitHub
07 March 2021
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2. Smile Gupta
Engineer, KonfHub
Aspiring Fullstack Dev
Core member of GirlScript Bangalore
Open Source Creator
Founding member of GirlScript Jalandhar
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3. Let’s talk
What is
GitHub
01
03 Magic of
GitHub Pages
02 Lets Play
With Github
04 Making Nice
Readme.md
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4. What is Git and
GitHub
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6. What is Git?
“The stupid content tracker”
“Global Information Tracker”:
you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you.
Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
“Goddamn Idiotic Truckload of sh*t”:
when it breaks
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7. So, What is Git?
A Distributed Version Control System.
Any project which uses Git will have a .git folder
which stores all the history of the project.
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8. Know exactly which
files changed, who
made those
changes, and when
those changes
occured.
Ability to have
different versions of
the code in different
places.
Collaborate easily
with other people
on the same
project by
uploading and
receiving
changes
History Backup Collaboration
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9. What is GitHub?
GitHub is a website that allows us to use git and
create repositories online. It can also store all
your projects online for free.
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10. A repository is a container that houses your project and its’
history. If your project folder contains the “.git” folder
you’re working with a repository!
What is a repository?
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11. Fun Fact About GitHub
GitHub, house to millions of OSS projects is its
not completely open sourced!
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12. Playing with GitHub
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13. Creating an Account on GitHub
Visit: https://github.com/
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21. Repo Settings

22. Things we can do with Github
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💬 Answering Questions
🐛 Bug reports
📝 Blog posts
💼 Business Development
💻 Code
Content
📖 Documentation
🎨 Design
💡 Examples
📋 Event Organizers
💵 Financial Support
🔍 Funding/Grant Finders
Ideas & Planning
🚇 Infrastructure
🚧 Maintenance
📦 Packaging
🔌 Plugin/utility libraries
📆 Project Management
👀 Reviewed Pull Requests
Security
🔧 Tools
🌍 Translation
⚠️ Tests
✅ Tutorials
📢 Talks
📓 User Testing
📹 Videos

23. Magic of GitHub Pages
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24. Steps to Deploy to GitHub Pages
Upload the Project
To GitHub Repo
Open Repo Settings Chose Source
Branch from
GitHub Pages
Section
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26. Magic of Readme.md files
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27. Special Repo in GitHub
Try creating a repo with Same name as yourusername
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31. Additional Resources
● MarkDown Guide : - https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/markdown-guide/
● Making Badges for readme: - https://shields.io/
● Example for the awesome readme elements:
https://github.com/smilegupta/readme-badges/blob/main/README.md
● Simple tips to improve the GitHub Profile: https://madhavbahl.tech/slides/5/

32. Thanks
Do you have any questions?
Smile Gupta
Frontend Engineer
GitHub/LinkedIn -> smilegupta
Twitter -> smileguptaaa