Getting Started with GitHub
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Introduction
GitHub is an increasingly popular programming resource used for code sharing. It's a social networking site for programmers
This tutorial teaches you how to make a GitHub account and how to navigate to the Public Assembly GitHub page.
Prerequisites
None!
What You’ll Do
- Sign Up
Go to https://github.com, then click “Sign up”
Enter email address, create your username, and password as requested. Then, type “n” for the ‘Email preferences’ prompt. Then click “Continue”
Click the ‘Start puzzle’ button to solve the puzzle.
Follow the instructions until completion.
Next, click the ‘Create account’ button.
Next, confirm the launch code sent to your email.
Lastly, after your verify the code in your email you should be forwarded to this screen displayed below.
Choose the free account plan
Congratulations, you have successfully set up your GitHub account!
Navigating GitHub
You'll be able to find your user profile by clicking the image at the top of the page and then clicking 'Your Profile.'
Searching for organizations, people, and repositories
Forking and using templates
Below you will see an example of how to copy a repository to your own profile to be able to work on top of others work.
assemble package is a public assembly template that empowers developers to be able to make their own modular plug ins and packages for dApp development.
By clicking use this template you can make your own NPM package
You'll be directed to a clone of the assemble-package template with al of the same files, now with your name in the header and ready to export to your local code editor.
