What is the “GitHub”- How To Use?

Hi, in this article I will talk about what is the GitHub platform and how it is used.

What is the GitHub?

GitHub is a platform where you can upload your codes written in programming languages ​​such as Python, JavaScript, and C. It was founded on February 8, 2008, by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, P. J. Hyett, and Scott Chacon. It currently has more than 25 million users.

How to Use GitHub?

When you go to github.com, it will ask you to create an account if you do not have one.

➨To create an account, click on Sign up in the upper right.

➨Write your e-mail address in the field that will appear.

➨Enter your account password. Do not forget to pay attention to the password creation rules when creating a password.

➨Type your username to use.

➨A code will be sent to the e-mail you entered, you should look at this code that came to your e-mail and write it on the screen.

➨Mark how many people you will work within your account and whether you are a student or a teacher. I will use my account as a single person and I am a student, so I marked according to these.

➨After you mark the ones that are suitable for us on the screen that will appear, this screen will appear.👇

➨You can edit your account in Your Profile and you can also view the project calendar.

➨You can now upload your projects to GitHub. Click New from Repository.👇

➨Create your repository name. The repository will be the name of the section where you will upload your projects. For example, you will upload both your Arduino and Python codes: Create 2 Repository, one named “Arduino” and the other named “Python”. Export your Python projects to the Python Repository; It will be better if you upload your Arduino projects to Arduino Repository. You can add “Description” if you want.

Check “public” if you want your codes to be public, and “private” if you want them to be private only to you. Then you should also mark the Add a README file section. Finally, your screen should look like this.👇

➨You can click Create Repository.👆

➨This screen will appear.👆

➨If you are going to write the codes of your project here, you should click on Create New File, if you have written your codes before and you will upload them, you should click on Upload File.

➨If you are going to upload the project codes you wrote before, you need to upload the codes you downloaded to your computer here.

➨If you are going to rewrite your codes, this screen will appear. You can give your project a name and start writing your codes.

➨As you upload projects to your account, your calendar will also be colored.
(The calendar will be colored in green tones every time you upload a project code. You can see your project code upload frequency according to the tone of green in your calendar.)

I wish you many coded days…