Learn Git: Tutorial + Basics | Codecademy
Course
Learn Git & GitHub
Use our beginner friendly Git course to integrate Git and GitHub and manage versions of your projects using Git branches.
159,023 learners enrolled
Time to complete
Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary
4 hours
Prerequisites
1 course
We suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Learn Git & GitHub:
- Learn the Command Line
About this course
Git is used across the world to help developers track changes and collaborate on projects. GitHub, a web app integrated with Git, allows users to host, organize, explore, and collaborate on code with teams and the wider developer community. This course, now aligned with GitHub Foundations Certification and updated with guidance from GitHub internal experts, now offers enhanced hands-on experience with step-by-step guides for GitHub Desktop and Mobile Apps. Learn cutting-edge security practices like Private Access Tokens and 2FA, streamline workflows with GitHub Actions and Codespaces, and dive into GitHub Copilot, a generative AI that can help optimize your development process.
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Skills you'll gain
Learn how Git and GitHub work
Use common Git commands
Collaborate using Git and GitHub
Write code with GitHub Copilot
Syllabus
6 lessons • 9 projects • 8 quizzes
Certificate of completion available with Plus or Pro
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The platform
Hands-on learning
Projects in this course
practice Project
SnapFit Robots, Inc.
Use Git to help draft customer documents for SnapFit Robots, Inc.
practice Project
Manhattan Zoo
Use Git to keep track of changes made to a Manhattan Zoo document.
practice Project
ASCII Portfolio
In this project, we're going to practice git commits in Git so you can hone your skills and feel confident taking them to the real world. Why? Making git commits is a safe way to save the current state of your work.
Meet the creator of the course
Alisha Grama
Senior Instructional Designer, Computer Science at Codecademy
Alisha is a Senior Instructional Designer in the computer science domain at Codecademy. Alisha majored in Computer Science and minored in Ethics at the University of Rochester, where she gained experience as a Teaching Assistant. Before joining Codecademy, she taught STEM concepts to secondary students, including as the Lead Algebra Teacher at a Brooklyn charter school.
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Great course! Very well organized and offered plenty of additional resources making sure I never got stuck.
Gilbert C.
Verified Learner
Overall course is very useful and the project is very interesting and the practice environment is very easy to use and clear to follow. Great job.
Richard N.
Verified Learner
My favorite part of this course was adding to the open source repo, Codecademy Docs. That truly engaged me in learning and understanding core principals while working with Git/GitHub.
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Assessments
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