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Our most popular courses
Introduction to GitHub
The GitHub Training Team
If you are looking for a quick and fun introduction to GitHub, you've found it. This class will get you started using GitHub in less than an hour.
GitHub Actions: Hello World
Create a GitHub Action and use it in a workflow.
Communicating using Markdown
This course will walk you through everything you need to start organizing ideas and collaborating using Markdown, a lightweight language for text formatting.
Learning should be fun
There are no simulations or boring tutorials here, just hands-on lessons created with by the GitHub community and taught by the friendly Learning Lab bot.
Real projects
Learn new skills while working in your own copy of a real project.
Helpful bot
Our friendly bot provides instructions and feedback throughout your journey.
Real workflow
Everything happens in GitHub Issues and Pull Requests.
Our Learning Paths
First Day on GitHub
Welcome to GitHub! We're so glad you're here. We know it can look overwhelming at first, so we've put together a few of our favorite courses for people logging in for the first time
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What is GitHub?
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Introduction to GitHub
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Git Handbook
First Week on GitHub
After you've mastered the basics, learn some of the fun things you can do on GitHub. From GitHub Pages to building projects with your friends, this path will give you plenty of new ideas.
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Discover GitHub Pages
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GitHub Pages
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Reviewing pull requests
DevOps with GitHub Actions
Learn how to do DevOps on GitHub with the power of GitHub Actions! This path will guide you through leveraging GitHub Actions to go from code to cloud.
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GitHub Actions: Hello World
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GitHub Actions: Continuous Integration
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GitHub Actions: Publish to GitHub Packages
Learn GitHub with GitHub
GitHub Pages
Learn how to create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages.
Community starter kit
There are millions of projects on GitHub, all competing for attention from the millions of open source contributors available to help. Learn how to help your project stand out.
Uploading your project to GitHub
You’re an upload away from using a full suite of development tools and premier third-party apps on GitHub. This course helps you seamlessly upload your code to GitHub and introduces you to exciting next steps to elevate your project.
Migrating your repository to GitHub
You're a migration away from using a full suite of development tools and premier third-party apps on GitHub. This course helps you seamlessly move code to GitHub and sets you up to do more after you make the move.
Reviewing pull requests
See how collaboration works on GitHub and start building great things, together.
Managing merge conflicts
Merge conflicts are a normal part of working in Git. Learn why they happen and how to resolve them with ease.
Security strategy essentials
Learn security best practices and keep your project’s contributions—and contributors—safe.
Securing your workflows
Learn security best practices and keep your project’s contributions—and contributors—safe.
Connect the dots in a GitHub repository
This course will teach you skills for finding relevant conversations, commits, and projects in a repository.
Languages and Tools
Introduction to HTML
If you are looking for a quick and fun introduction to the exciting world of programming, this course is for you. Learn fundamental HTML skills and build your first webpage in less than an hour.
Introduction to Node with Express
everydeveloper
Node.js gives you the ability to run JavaScript files on the server-side. Express is a library for Node.js, that allows you to make requests to different "endpoints" and get a response back.
Introduction to Python
Go from Hello World to writing a short random quote generator using Python.
Intermediate NodeJS Course
This tutorial expands on concepts in the intro to Node.js and Express.js course. You will learn how to use a database (MongoDB) to Create, Read, Update, and Delete data.
Introduction to Ruby
Learn the basics of Ruby. Make a hello world program, then include if/else statements
TensorFlow Image Processing
Get started with Machine Learning (ML)/Neural Network (NN) tools
Get Started with TensorFlow
Predict Pokemon stats with the help of the TensorFlow library
Introduction to Java
Java is an object oriented programming language, which is popular for multi-platform apps.
Introduction to PHP
PHP is a server-side programming language that can insert dynamic code into your HTML. PHP is used in popular content management systems, such as WordPress and Drupal.
Introduction to Design Thinking
Design Thinking is a human-centric approach to creating solutions. This course will teach you the principles of Design Thinking and walk you through applying its five phases to your projects.
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Setting up a Reason React App
Stockholm Research Center
Hello and welcome! In this lab we will cover the basic setup needed to build Reason React applications, covering testing, documenting them, building, and releasing them!
Create REST server with NodeJS and Express
M3kH
Learn the basics to create an Express server and follow the REST principles.
TomTom Maps SDK for Android - Display a Map
tomtom-international-labs
In this course you will learn how to create an Android application that displays a TomTom Map
Notating with LilyPond
gitmusical
LilyPond is an open source technology for notating music in plain text files. In this course, we'll cover the fundamentals of music notation in LilyPond.
Introduction to React
In this course, you will learn the basics of React.js through building a gradebook web application to manage assignments, students, and grades.
Store Framework
vtex-trainings
Learning how to build a store using the Store Framework blocks language, powered by VTEX IO.
Common Continuous Integration Team Scenarios
ntaranov
The course guides participants through situations commonly encountered when integrating continuously as a team.
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions: Hello World
Create a GitHub Action and use it in a workflow.
GitHub Actions: Continuous Integration
Learn how to create workflows that enable you to use Continuous Integration (CI) for your projects.
GitHub Actions: Publish to GitHub Packages
This course will walk you through using GitHub Actions to get your code in a deployable state once your CI workflows have completed.
GitHub Actions: Continuous Delivery with Azure
Create two deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure.
GitHub Actions: Writing JavaScript Actions
Learn how to write your own GitHub JavaScript Action! This course will empower you to begin automating customized tasks unique to your workflow.
GitHub Actions: Write Docker container actions
Learn how to write your own GitHub Docker container action! This course will empower you to begin automating customized tasks unique to your workflow.
GitHub Actions: Using GitHub Script
This course covers how to use GitHub Script to quickly use octokit/rest in a GitHub Actions workflow.
DevOps with GitHub
Continuous integration with CircleCI
Learn how to automatically test changes made to your project, freeing you up to write more amazing code.
Continuous integration with Travis CI
Learn about the principles of continuous integration with GitHub and Travis CI.
Getting started with GitHub Apps
Add your own GitHub feature, automate workflows, and more with GitHub Apps.
CodeQL U-Boot Challenge (C/C++)
Learn to use CodeQL, a query language that helps find bugs in source code. Find 9 remote code execution vulnerabilities in the open-source project Das U-Boot, and join the growing community of security researchers using CodeQL.
Enterprise on GitHub
InnerSource fundamentals
Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are chatting about InnerSource concepts. This course walks you through some of the key concepts of InnerSource and helps you build up an internal toolkit for adopting InnerSource practices.
Create an open source program
Learn how to work alongside the open source communities that build software you're already using, and put your business at the forefront of the world's most innovative and secure code.
Create a release based workflow
Learn and practice a release-based workflow and explore branching strategies.
Getting started
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