Introduction
If you are a computer science student you should know Github. If you are thinking you are going to become an open-source contributor, you must know GitHub because without GitHub Open-Source nothing. So You are a newcomer or experienced you have to know Github.
What is GitHub?
GitHub is a website and cloud-based service that helps developers store their data and manage their data. It is Facebook for programmers. GitHub serves as a social media in which programmers can share code, Openly network, Collaborate, and build Good Profiles.
To understand exactly what GitHub is, you need to know one main principle:
- Source Code Management(SCM)
What is Source Code Management?
Source code is also called a version control system. Version control helps developers track and manage changes to projects. Version control tracks a file or set of files over time so that you can recall a specific version later.
Git is an example of a version control system.
How to use GitHub?
Here are steps to follow for using Github.
Create your GitHub account, which you should do first.
Create a repository or “repo” for short. This is where you store your code.
Build a file.
Make a commit. Whenever you create a file or change it, you create a Git commit to storing the new version.
Connect your repo with your computer system.
Advantages of GitHub
It is easy to contribute to open-source projects.
It works well in a collaborative environment.
GitHub has the best documentation in the world.
It Works especially well with text/Markdown documents
It tracks changes in your code across versions.
It is a cloud-based base so it has backup and restore options.
GitHub allows multiple developers to work on a single project irrespective of their location.
Conclusion
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