GitHub is where people build software. More than 10 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 26 million projects.
GitHub is a Web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration.
How people build software
The Hello World project is a time-honored tradition in computer programming. It is a simple exercise that gets you started when learning something new. Let’s get started with GitHub!
Besides our Bootcamp articles, there are literally thousands of excellent Git and GitHub resources on the web. A smaller and curated set of links that our users tell us are the most helpful are as follows.
GitHub is more than just a programmer's tool. If you want to collaborate on anything, you should give it a try. Part 1 of a two-part look at getting started with GitHub.
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