GitHub Extension for Visual Studio

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
GitHub is highly extensible; you can use several tools when working with it. In this course, you'll learn about the GitHub extension for Visual Studio, Visual Studio tasks, branches, and changes, and pull requests.

Target Audience
Software developers who wish to learn about version control using Git and GitHub

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.4

Lesson Objectives

GitHub Extension for Visual Studio

start the course

define the three levels of reset and how they differ

describe how to use GitHub for collaboration

recall best practices for presenting your work to others

demonstrate how to set up the GitHub extension for Visual Studio

describe how to upload an existing Visual Studio project to a GitHub repository

describe how to sign in and add repositories with the GitHub extension for Visual Studio

specify the initial steps for working with a GitHub repository in Visual Studio

describe how to create an initial commit from Visual Studio using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension

demonstrate how to push an initial commit from Visual Studio using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension

describe the local master branch and how it differs from origin/master

recall how local branches are created using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension

describe how to publish local branches to a GitHub repository using the Visual Studio extension

specify how to push changes to a branch to the GitHub repository

describe how to create pull requests and review them in Visual Studio

demonstrate how to add a pull request branch in Visual Studio and comment on pull requests

describe how branches in Visual Studio are treated

specify how to merge pull requests using Visual Studio and GitHub

work with GitHub collaboration and tools

Course Number:
sd_dgit_a04_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner