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Last updated on 6/7/23

Start Your Project With GitHub

Create a GitHub Account

As you saw in the previous chapter, GitHub is an online service that hosts your remote repositories.

To create your GitHub account, go to the homepage and click on Sign up. 

Go to the GitHub homepage and click on Sign up in the top right of the screen
Go to the GitHub homepage and click on Sign up in the top right of the screen

You’ll be asked to enter an email address, a password, and a username.

Enter an email address, a password, and a username to sign up
Enter an email address, a password, and a username to sign up

You’ll receive a code by email to confirm your identity.

It’s as simple as that—you’re now signed up to GitHub! GitHub is free by default, but there are also paid options if you decide you want to move up a level.

Discover the different GitHub subscriptions
Discover the different GitHub subscriptions

Over to you to create your GitHub account! And if you still need help, here is a video that takes you through each step of the process:

Have a Look Around GitHub

GitHub is fairly simple to learn and easy to use. 

Your Dashboard

In your personal dashboard, you can:

  • Keep track of issues and pull requests you’re working on or monitoring.

  • Access your main repositories and team pages.

  • Keep up to date with the recent activity of organizations and repositories you follow.

The Repository Interface

The Repository interface is where you can create and find your existing repositories.

To create a project, just click on “Start a project.”

Click on
Click on "Start a project"

Your Profile

In your profile, you can edit your information and see all your contributions to different projects.

Contributions refer to any action you’ve carried out in any repository, whether it be your own, someone else’s, or a public repository.

Consult your profile
Consult your profile

The Pull Requests Tab

The Pull Requests tab allows you to make requests for changes to be made to the code.

So how does that work?

Pull requests allow you to inform other users of changes you’ve made to a branch in a GitHub repository that you want to merge with the main code.

The Pull requests tab
The Pull requests tab

The Explore Feature

The last important point to cover in GitHub is the Explore feature.

The Explore feature
The Explore feature

Create Your Own Repository

To put your project on GitHub, you need to create a repository for it.

Click on the “+” in the top right-hand corner and select the option “New repository.”

Add a repository
Add a repository

Choose a simple name for your repository. In this course, you’ll use “OpenclassroomsProject.”

Then choose whether you want it to be a public or private repository.

Create a repository
Create a repository
Then click on “Create repository” to create a repository
Then click on “Create repository” to create a repository

Let’s Recap!

  • To launch a project, you need to create a GitHub account.

  • You can easily keep track of your different projects thanks to the dashboard.

  • To put your project on GitHub, you need to create a repository.

Congratulations! You’ve created your first GitHub repository! The next step is to install Git on your computer.

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