Git & GitHub for Beginners — Complete Tutorial | Learn Git, GitHub & Version Control
Learn Git and GitHub from scratch with this complete beginner-friendly tutorial!
If you've never used Git before, this course will take you from the fundamentals of version control to working with real projects on GitHub.
You'll learn what Git is, what GitHub is, how they work together, and how developers use Git to track changes, manage projects, collaborate with others, and safely experiment with code.
Throughout the course, we'll use VS Code and the terminal to practice Git commands and build a practical workflow that you can use in your own web-development projects.
What You'll Learn
✓ What Git is and why developers use it
✓ What GitHub is and how it works
✓ Git vs GitHub
✓ How Git works
✓ Installing and configuring Git
✓ Git Bash and the VS Code Terminal
✓ Creating your first Git repository
✓ git init, git status, git add and git commit
✓ Understanding the staging area
✓ Viewing your Git history
✓ Managing and undoing changes
✓ Creating GitHub repositories
✓ Connecting Git to GitHub
✓ git push, git pull, git fetch and git clone
✓ Git branches and feature branches
✓ Merging branches
✓ .gitignore
✓ GitHub Issues and Pull Requests
💻 What You'll Build
By the end of the course, you'll use Git and GitHub to manage a real website project.
You'll go through the complete workflow:
VS Code → Git → Commit → GitHub → Branch → Merge → GitHub Pages
This means you won't just memorize Git commands—you'll understand how Git is actually used by developers in real projects.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for:
Complete beginners
Aspiring web developers
Students learning programming
HTML/CSS/JavaScript learners
Developers who have never used Git
Anyone wanting to learn GitHub
Anyone preparing for professional software development
No previous Git experience is required.
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:48 What Is Git?
01:17 What Is GitHub?
01:46 Git vs GitHub
02:47 Why Developers Use Git
03:53 How Git Works
05:22 Downloading Git
06:15 Installing Git
07:50 Launching Git Bash Terminal
08:42 Configuring Git
11:14 First Git Project
16:26 Initializing Git
18:05 3-Stage Git Workflow
23:41 Making Changes
28:11 Undoing Changes
32:01 Creating GitHub Account
34:01 Connecting to GitHub
38:15 Cloning Repository
42:05 Pulling Changes
44:11 Git Branches
49:28 Git ignore
52:45 Outros