Git & GitHub Essentials: Version Control and Collaboration for New Developer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798294602918)

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