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What is GitHub?
GitHub is a web-based platform built on top of Git that provides version control, collaboration tools, and project management features for software development. It enables developers to host Git repositories, collaborate on code through pull requests, and review and track changes. GitHub also offers additional features like issue tracking, continuous integration, automated workflows, and documentation hosting. With its social coding environment, GitHub fosters open-source contributions and team collaboration, making it a central hub for many software development projects.
Free resources to learn GitHub
- RoadmapVisit Dedicated Git & GitHub Roadmap
- Official docsGitHub
- Official docsGitHub Docs
- ArticleComprehensive Guide to GitHub for Data Scientists
- VideoWhat is GitHub?
- FeedExplore top posts about GitHub
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GitHub: common questions
Can I learn GitHub in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain GitHub in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this GitHub tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 7 of 26 in the free Backend Beginner roadmap, in stage 2, Version Control Systems. If you are new to Backend Beginner, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.