How to Clone a GitHub Repo for Beginners
Chapters:
00:00:00 - How to Clone a GitHub Repository
00:03:46 - Cloning a Github Repository with Command Line Tools
00:07:32 - Navigating and Understanding a Project's Directory and Package.JSON File
00:11:05 - Understanding the package.json File and Running Scripts in a Project
00:14:59 - Installing packages with yarn and running a React project
00:19:03 - How to download a repository from GitHub
A from scratch guide to cloning a GitHub repository. Starting with installing NodeJS, npm, and git all the way to installing packages and running a local version of a project.
Note: NodeJS and npm are NOT necessary to clone a repo from GitHub. They are used in this video for running our cloned project locally. Not all GitHub projects use Node and npm, so they will not always be needed.