2 minutes to set up Git, GitHub and GitHub Desktop on Windows

How to install Git with GitHub Desktop or Git for Windows

In this article, I share short but clear instructions on how to get started with Git and GitHub behind the friendly user interface of GitHub Desktop, or via the command line.

For a background article on how git and GitHub work, check the article over here.

5 steps for setting up Git and GitHub

1. Create a GitHub account

Sign up for GitHub at github.com. It is very easy!

Signing up for GitHub is very easy

2. Choose whether you want to use the graphical and user-friendly GitHub Desktop or the command line

• Command line is great for developers who are already at ease with the command line, or for those who will need to learn command line anyway.
• GitHub Desktop is great is you want to get started quickly and easily. You can shift to the command line later if you want. Avoid if you are regularly working in a command-line environment, like Linux servers etc.

3a Install the necessary tools [for GitHub Desktop approach]