Git & GitHub Essentials

Master the Tools Every Developer Must Know.
Whether you're building your first project or joining your first development team, understanding version control with Git and collaboration with GitHub is a must.
Git & GitHub Essentials is the beginner-friendly guide that takes you from zero to confident-showing you how to track your work, collaborate with others, and avoid common mistakes that slow down projects.

You'll learn how to create repositories, commit code, branch like a pro, resolve conflicts, and manage pull requests-all with practical, real-world workflows. With clear explanations, hands-on examples, and step-by-step instructions, this book gives you the version control skills that employers expect and teams rely on.

• What Git is, how it works, and why developers use it

• How to create and manage Git repositories locally and online

• The full Git workflow: clone, commit, push, pull, and merge

• Branching strategies for features, fixes, and production code

• Collaborating on projects using GitHub pull requests, forks, and issues

• How to fix mistakes, resolve merge conflicts, and work with teams

• Beginner developers and coding bootcamp students

• Designers, writers, and product teams working with developers

• Anyone transitioning into software development or DevOps

• Self-taught programmers learning professional workflows