HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR FIRST PROJECT TO GITHUB

Table of Contents
• Why GitHub Matters for Beginners
• Preparing Your Project for GitHub
• Creating A GitHub Account and Repository
• Uploading Your First Project
• Checking Your Project Online
• Tips For Your Next Project

Some of you that might be confused about GitHub, what you have to do now is to just see GitHub as an online notebook for you code because it allows you to store your projects, share your project with others and also help you to track changes on your project over time. Even if anything has to occur and your computer breaks or becomes faulty, it will not affect your project because your work is already safe online. Also, GitHub is where many developers collaborate on a project at the same time, learning GitHub will help to open doors to jobs, work as a team with many people and also show off your skills like your portfolio.

PREPARING YOUR PROJECT FOR GITHUB

Now before you upload your files to GitHub, you will have to prepare your files and make sure that it is reading before pushing it to GitHub. And these are some of the things that you need to do before pushing your files to GitHub; (1) Clean up your files, like what you should do is to remove files that are not important or files that is unused in your project or work. (2) Use folders wisely, you have to always keep your code, images and other assets in separate folders so that everything will be easy to find incase you might try to look out for something. (3) Add a file with the name “README” and this file will contain a simple text that explains what your project does and how to be able to use it. (4) Run your code to make sure that everything is working and does not have any errors. In general, I will say that you should keep your project very neat, clear and easy to understand very well as if you are presenting it to somebody for the first time.

CREATING A GITHUB ACCOUNT AND REPOSITORY

To create a GitHub account and create your repository which I explained in the other post that repository serve as the folder that will carry your code and files on GitHub. These are the steps that you should follow to be able to create it; (1) Sign up on GitHub, for you to be able to sign up on GitHub, you will have to go GitHub official website and create a free account for yourself using your email. (2) Create a New Repository, immediate after you are done creating your GitHub account and you have successfully logged in, then click on “New Repository” button and give it a name with also a short description about your project. (3) Set It Up, when setting everything up, you will now have to choose if you want to make it public for everyone to see it or private (only you), you can then initialize it with a README if you want because it is your choice to either include it or skip it. (4) ready to Upload, after doing all this, then your repository is now ready to hold your project files and codes.

UPLOADING YOUR FIRST PROJECT

We will now be uploading our first project and these is how you can do it; (1) Open your Repository, what you have to do is to go to the GitHub page of the repository that you just created. (2) Upload your Files, once you are on the repository then go ahead and click on “Add files” and also then click on “Upload files” button, which after that you will have to then drag and your project files. (3) Commit your Changes, once you just drag and drop your project files then add a short message like “First file upload” or anything that you want to write and click on “Commit changes”. And your project is now live on GitHub and can be shared to people that you want them to see your project.

CHECKING YOUR PROJECT ONLINE

Now that we are done uploading our projects to GitHub, we will now have to confirm that it was really saved online on GitHub, so it checks it out, you will go to your repository on GitHub, then you will then see all your project files listed there. And you can now click on any of the file to view it and you can also share the repository link with other that you want them to see your project files. So, in general think of it like a neat online folder where you upload your files and it is available for anyone that you want to show the folder to.

TIPS FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT

For your next project that you will want to upload to GitHub, what you will do now is to try to; (1) Keep your files organized, like using folders for code, images and other assets like your CSS and favicon so that everything will be easy to find. (2) Write a clear README, which I told you that you should write a short description or explanation of your project and what it does so as to make everyone understand it. (3) begin with little projects and simple projects, then with time you will be add more features as you learn. (4) Explore GitHub features and with time you will get use to GitHub version control. So, following these tips will make your next projects smoother and enjoyable to share on your GitHub.

So with today guides and training, I really believed that you were able learn very much about GitHub and you can also share the link to this post to your friends and loved ones so that they can be able to learn with you too, and also you can always come to newbietools to learn more from us and also get tools that will help you on your project as a beginner.