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Learn Git & GitHub

Use our beginner friendly Git course to integrate Git and GitHub and manage versions of your projects using Git branches.

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  • Skill level

    Beginner
  • Time to complete

    Approx. 15 hours
  • Certificate of completion

    Included with paid plans
  • Prerequisites

    1 course

About this course

Git is used across the world to help developers keep track of changes while working on different parts of the same project. GitHub is a web app that can integrate with Git. Together, users can host, organize, explore, and collaborate on code with teams and the wider developer community. This course gives you an introduction to Git and GitHub — and how they work together as you build projects.

Skills you'll gain

  • Learn how Git and GitHub work

  • Use common Git commands

  • Collaborate using Git and GitHub

Syllabus

5 lessons • 9 projects • 5 quizzes
The platform

Hands-on learning

Don’t just watch or read about someone else coding — write your own code live in our online, interactive platform. You’ll even get AI-driven recommendations on what you need to review to help keep you on track.
Animated demonstration of running code in Codecademy's learning environment

Learn Git & GitHub course ratings and reviews

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  • Great course! Very well organized and offered plenty of additional resources making sure I never got stuck.
    Gilbert C.
    Verified Learner
  • Overall course is very useful and the project is very interesting and the practice environment is very easy to use and clear to follow. Great job.
    Richard N.
    Verified Learner
  • My favorite part of this course was adding to the open source repo, Codecademy Docs. That truly engaged me in learning and understanding core principals while working with Git/GitHub.
    Abubakar Q.
    Verified Learner

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  • Practice Projects

    Guided projects that help you solidify the skills and concepts you're learning.
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    Auto-graded quizzes and immediate feedback help you reinforce your skills as you learn.
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Frequently asked questions about Git & GitHub

  • Git is a command line tool and version control system used to track changes in code.