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GitHub for Non-Technical Users

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Why GitHub Matters for Builders Using AI

3:31 with Travis Alstrand

Git, GitHub, and GitHub Desktop are three different things. Here's what each one actually does. Plus the vocabulary you'll hear throughout the workshop: repository, commit, push, pull, and revert. The core idea underneath all of it is simple: GitHub lets you work without fear of losing progress.

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    Hi there, I'm Travis, and I'm an instructor here at Treehouse. 0:00
    In this workshop, you're going to learn the core GitHub skills that developers use 0:04
    every day to manage projects safely. 0:07
    The reason people use GitHub is actually very simple. 0:10
    It helps you keep track of your work. 0:13
    Whether you're building a website, writing code, collaborating with a team, or 0:15
    experimenting 0:19
    with new ideas, GitHub gives you a way to save progress, go back to earlier 0:20
    versions, 0:24
    and avoid losing important work. 0:25
    We'll go over how to save your projects into something called a repository, how to 0:27

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