Learn Git / GitHub using the official guide

[nelsonic]

https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/

[fmoliveira]

I know the thread is about using the official guide, but there's a good companion I couldn't resist mentioning.

The git-it workshopper by @jlord is also a very good source of learning. It should be used with its own help pages locally or from here, which will guide you through setting up Git, creating your first repo, forking somebody's else repo, and creating a pull request. The workshopper will also check if you've done your job right and point you about your mistakes.

By the end of the workshop you'll have some green squares in your profile and your name in the patchwork website. 😃

[iteles]

Thanks @fmoliveira, good to know about it!

[nelsonic]

Good addition. 👍

[jlord]

Awesome! Thank @fmoliveira! We use both the Hello World Guide (mentioned at the top of the issue) and Git-it at the GitHub Patchwork events. The former is a good one for people who aren't ready for the command-line as it's all web-based GitHub functionality.

Just a note, I've been making a new version of Git-it with atom/electron and have a beta version ready. This makes it a desktop app that runs on Linux, Windows and Mac ✨

[nelsonic]

@jlord your new Git-it is sweet! 🍭
We'll recommend it to our new joiners! 👍

[iteles]

Thanks @jlord, it'll be a great addition for new coders!

[fmoliveira]

Thanks for the note @jlord ! The new Git-it looks very awesome! The idea of desktop workshops is brilliant! 😉

[jlord]

@fmoliveira Thanks! Still have some polishing to do on it but then I want to make a re-useable workshop template.

[fmoliveira]

Good job @jlord ! You're awesome!