Git and GitHub for Writers

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Overview

earn how to use Git and GitHub version control in a course specifically designed for writers

Duration	2 hours
Total fee	₹455
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Git and GitHub for Writers
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from Udemy
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Learn from 17 articles and 37 downloadable resources
Students will get full lifetime access of the course
In addition to videos, this course contains 14 hands-on exercises

Git and GitHub for Writers
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Version Control GIT

Who should do this course?

For technical writers, project managers, and other people who write and need to understand how to use Git and GitHub
For developers who are having trouble understanding Git may find it useful

What are the course deliverables?

The concept called "Docs Like Code"
How to use Git and GitHub when writing documentation
Git commands: add, commit, push, branch, stash, tag, rebase, and others
How to merge and fork using GitHub

More about this course

More and more, writers are being asked to use Git and GitHub for their documents
This is part of a philosophy called "Docs Like Code", where documentation is created using the same tools and processes that code is.
The problem is that Git and GitHub were designed specifically for developers, and these classes don't work as well for writers
The course explains concepts in ways that are meaningful to writers
It talks about how files are used to create documentation

Git and GitHub for Writers
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Curriculum

Getting Started with Git

Exercise 1: Getting Started with Git

Getting Started with GitHub

Exercise 2: Getting Started with GitHub

Command Line

Exercise 3: Command Line

A Note about GitHub

Adding to the Repository

Exercise 4: Adding to the Repository

Making Changes

Exercise 5: Making Changes

Renaming and Deleting Files

Exercise 6: Renaming and Deleting

Why Git Is Designed This Way

Going Back in Time

Exercise 7: Going Back in Time to Previous Versions

Tags

Exercise 8: Tags

Pull

Exercise 9: Pull

Branches

Important note about branches

Exercise 10: Branches

Stash

Exercise 11: Stash

Rebasing

Handling Problems

Ignoring Files

Forking

Exercise 14: Forking

Creating Documentation and Next Steps

Bonus Lecture: Other courses

Git and GitHub for Writers
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Faculty details

Peter Gruenbaum

Peter founded SDK Bridge to bring together his love of technology and writing. After 10 years as a software developer, he learned the skill of API writing at Microsoft. Since then, he has worked as an API writer to describe APIs for eCommerce, automobile traffic prediction, electric utilities, mobile phones, and tractors, just to name a few. In addition to API and SDK documentation, he creates video tutorials for software developer audiences. Peter received his BA in Physics from the University of Chicago and his PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University.