In this chapter you will learn what to expect from the course and specifically some of the challenges that many people new to Git and GitHub are faced with and the instructor’s proposed solution to these challenges.
Additionally you will have the chance to walk through a sample project using Git and the Git client named SourceTree. The videos explain the basic purpose of Git and GitHub respectively, and describe some typical uses of each.
This course offers a high level overview of Git and GitHub and is aimed at anyone who has heard of these technologies but has little or no first-hand experience with them. Increasingly, designers and developers are expected to know and use Git as part of their collaborative workflow. Git is a popular version control system primarily used for web and software development. Introduction to Git and GitHub will teach you the basics of version control and present a high-level overview of both Git and GitHub.
